Athletes have been brutally honest lately with the gatekeepers connecting them to their fans. This was seen Saturday when Kevin Durant shared his relationship with the media during a press conference.
According to the Daily Oklahoman, KD became irritated when a reporter asked him about the job status of Scott Brooks. Durant refused to answer the question since he believed his answer wouldn't make a difference from what the reporters would document in their stories.
"You guys really don't know s****," he said. "To be honest, man, I'm only here talking to y'all because I have to. So I really don't care. Y'all not my friends. You're going to write what you want to write. You're going to love us one day and hate us the next. That's a part of it. So I just learn how to deal with y'all."
On Friday, Durant slammed the media over his belief that they had too much power in choosing winners for the NBA awards.
"I mean, you guys vote on the MVP," he said. "I think MVP is a lot about narratives and what may happen during that time. It's a lot of guys that have been playing extremely well for years and years and just starting to get MVP consideration. But I think that consistent play gets a little boring to people. But if you look at a guy like James Harden, he's been doing it for three years and it's the same thing, but people are starting to act like it's new. Steph Curry's been doing the same thing for three years. And I guess the narrative around their team and what he's doing is new to everybody. But once you guys really watch games and realize what these guys have been doing consistently for years, it's nothing new. It's all the same. I guess the hype around it is a little different. Of course everybody gets better, but you stay consistent with what you do. It's not like they came out of nowhere."
The 26-year-old faced trouble this season when he missed a total of 26 games due to injuries. Durant told reporters earlier this week he's focusing on his health and his overall growth as a man.
"My first few years in the league I was just finding myself," he said. "I think most of the time I reacted based off of what everybody else wanted and how they viewed me as a person. And I'm just learning to be myself and not worry about what anybody says. I'm going to make mistakes. I just want to show kids out here that athletes, entertainers, whoever, so-called celebrities, we aren't robots. We go through emotions. We go through feelings. And I'm just trying to express mine and trying to help people along the way. But I'm not going to sit here and tell you that I'm just this guy that got programmed to say the right stuff all the time and politically correct answers. I'm done with that. I'm just trying to be me and continue to grow as a man."
Source: Daily Oklahoman | Photo Credit: Splash News
