Kevin Durant knocks Brooklyn Nets over handling of Kyrie Irving drama
Unsurprisingly, Kevin Durant remains a ride-or-die friend to Brooklyn Nets teammate Kyrie Irving and was not a fan of how the team and the media handled the controversy surrounding his support for a documentary film considered antisemitic.
The focus of the NBA spotlight has been on the Brooklyn Nets over the last week. It all started last week with a random tweet by Irving that showed support for a movie filled with antisemitic tropes and came to a head Thursday with the team’s suspension of their superstar guard for at least the next five games.
The controversy has captured the imagination of people in and outside the NBA sphere. It has garnered the condemnation of NBA commissioner Adam Silver and the support of counter-culture hip-hop star Kanye West. However, one person not happy with the incident’s coverage is former NBA MVP, Kevin Durant.
On Friday, before the Brooklyn Nets game against the Washington Wizards, Durant blamed the media for spinning the Irving situation around the basketball news cycle endlessly over the last few days.
“This is the way the NBA is now, media, so many outlets now and their stories hit pretty fast now. So that’s where all the chaos is coming from. Everybody has an opinion on the situation, and we’re hearing it nonstop.”
– Kevin Durant (via New York Post’s Brian Lewis)