Kevin Durant explains why he snapped at heckling fan
Kevin Durant was fined $25,000 by the NBA this week after he was caught on video cursing out a fan who was heckling him, and it does not sound like the Golden State Warriors star regrets the way he reacted.
Durant got tired of listening to a fan who was sitting courtside during Golden State’s 112-109 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday, and he went over to the fan and rained F-bombs on him. Durant was recording a podcast with Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports on Tuesday when he found out about the fine, and he expressed zero remorse.
For those interested, Kevin Durant’s reaction as I break the news of his $25,000 fine right in front of him. Also, his thoughts. pic.twitter.com/1rWgkZV3Kb
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) November 21, 2018
“Grown men can’t come to the game and heckle grown men. That’s corny. That’s weak,” Durant said. “(If) you’re coming to a game to heckle another grown man — ‘You soft! You weak! Draymond this, Draymond that, you a b—.’ You’re going to sleep doing that as a grown man to another person?”
If Durant thinks a grown man heckling pro athletes is so pathetic, why is he going out of his way to respond during the middle of a game? Star players hear similar things all the time, and most of them just ignore it and go about their business.
Durant, of course, is notoriously thin-skinned. Whether it’s confronting a heckler outside a hotel or allegedly using a burner Twitter account to hit back at fans, the two-time NBA Finals MVP just can’t seem to tune out the trolls.
