Kanter: Durant's Twitter comments 'just really sad'
Enes Kanter thinks Kevin Durant took things too far with his "childish" and idiotic" tweets earlier this week.
The 6-foot-11 center shared his thoughts after Durant was caught insulting the Thunder and coach Billy Donovan with an alternate Twitter account, believing the All-NBA forward should be more appreciative of the franchise that supported him during his first nine seasons in the league.
"Well, I’m not angry. It’s just really sad," Kanter told CBS Sports Radio's Andrew Bogusch. "I remember when he was here - I played with him one-and-a-half years - and when he was here, this organization and these fans, this whole state, gave him everything he asked for, everything he wanted. The cooks, the chefs, the massage therapists, the coaches, players - everything - just (to make) sure he is okay and getting what he wanted to get."
Given that Durant is coming off a dominant Finals performance, Kanter believes his former teammate is too good of a player to be concerned with outside noise.
"You just won a championship. You were the Finals MVP," Kanter said. "I understand interacting with fans, but having a fake account and just answering back and trying to have a conversation with them and stuff, come on, man. If you’re Kevin Durant, you don’t do that. He is one of the top five players in the league. Come on, man. Just go do your thing. Play basketball and try to be the best. When he’s doing all these little things to all those people who sit on their laptop and just writing comments - they got no life. Come on, man. You don’t do that."
Kanter was particularly upset by Durant's comments about Billy Donovan, who the 25-year-old believes deserves more respect after taking the Thunder deep into the playoffs during his first season with the team in 2015-16.
"What he said about Billy Donovan, I don’t know if anyone made the conference finals in his first year in the NBA," Kanter said. "Billy Donovan, of course he’s pretty new in the NBA, but I feel like he’s done an amazing job. There’s coaches in the NBA that have not made the playoffs yet, and they’ve been in the league for 10, 15 years, but he made the playoffs in his first two years, and I think he’s done a good job."