Kevin Durant Comments on Relationship with Media

January 17th, 2016 by Joseph Zucker Leave a reply »

Speaking ahead of the Oklahoma City Thunder's game against the Miami Heat on Sunday, Kevin Durant opened up about his attitude toward the media.

The six-time All-Star clarified that he is more than happy to engage in a back-and-forth conversation, and his "main goal is to help the fans know the game a little bit more than they know today," per Erik Horne of the Oklahoman:



This comes after Durant criticized what he felt was a bias against his team, sparked by comments Michael Wilbon made on an episode of Pardon The Interruption. Wilbon argued the Golden State Warriors, Cleveland Cavaliers and San Antonio Spurs are the only true NBA title contenders. Durant issued his response Saturday, per ESPN.com's Royce Young:

Man, the [media and experts are] always trying to nitpick us. I mean, they don't like us. They don't like how Russell [Westbrook] talks to the media, they don't like how I talk to the media. So obviously, yeah, they're not going to give us the benefit of the doubt.

Especially since we've been together so long. Some of these teams are new, except for the Spurs, who have won. But we haven't ...

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