Durant's first game after leading the Suns to the All-Star Game was against the Dallas Mavericks, who have Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic. Their core leaders are all old acquaintances of Durant, and Luka Doncic just played together in the All-Star Game.
As for Kyrie Irving, when he was on the Nets, he was a good brother and played together. Unfortunately, in the 2022-23 season, they parted ways, one joined the Western Suns and the other joined the Western Mavericks, and since then the two have been separated.
However, when the Suns went to the Dallas Mavericks home game, when the game entered the court, Dallas Mavericks fans didn't seem to like Durant very much. When Durant entered the court, he hurled insults at Durant, and the two fans called Durant a jerk, **
This also caused Durant's dissatisfaction, so he immediately turned back to the other party to ask for an explanation. Even if the woman wanted to shake hands with Durant, Durant ignored it and just reasoned with the other party. Moreover, he did not ask the security guards to invite the two out.
After the game, Durant also talked about it, and Durant said, "It's not a big deal." Like, they sometimes don't see us as human beings. Therefore, when you have the opportunity to let a person know how you feel very quickly, they will take it back. Look, we're animals, we're circus actors, for them we're performers and not real people. ”
In the NBA, we can see a lot of fans saying bad things about the players, and LeBron James and Kyrie Irving feel it deeply. LeBron James' family was cursed by the fans at the scene, and he finally complained to the referee. Durant deserves credit for what he did, as he didn't get out of his temper and let security send off two Mavericks fans.
Durant continued, "I can't be indifferent to you. It's going to ruin everything I've built. There are better ways to talk to people. There's a better way to get someone's attention, there's a better way to chat with someone than to call them *** I could have easily let them get kicked out, maybe a couple of weeks ban, but I'd rather let them watch me play. ”
Unfortunately, Durant only got 23 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block, and 5 turnovers in this game. For many players, there is only one way to respond to this kind of fandom. It's about playing some good performances and leading the team to victory. However, Durant failed to do so.
Durant went on to say "My thing is like, even though you call me *** because I turned around and ran out, people usually do that, call me a coward, **I turn around and there aren't too many people around. I know you don't mean that, I'm not going to get you kicked out just because you paid for the ticket and had a few drinks, I understand how people feel, but the best thing to do is to get my attention and talk to me instead of calling me ***
Durant knows very well why fans are calling him that way, because these fans know that they are protected in the NBA because they bought tickets. In fact, whether it is in the NBA arena or other basketball games, we will see a lot of fans disrespecting the players and turning their mouths dirty.