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<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/h6>\n<\/h6>\nOne of the great things about being a blog writer is that I am not\u00a0beholden to\u00a0anyone.\u00a0 Without restrictions I\u00a0can say what I want and the\u00a0devil may care if those that read what I write like it or not, agree with it or approve of it, or not. Today the issue has come up in our daily newspaper in my hometown of Oklahoma City, of the likeability of former Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Kevin Durant.\u00a0 The local writer used Kevin Durant’s comment about if you don’t like what you are seeing in the NBA playoffs, don’t watch.\u00a0 Then he went on to say that the problem is not the message Durant delivered, but Durant himself.\u00a0 He tells that the good and clean of the \u00a0past of Kevin Durant is gone and\u00a0 turned into the not so nice and badass wan-ta-be that is now KD’s persona of the present.\u00a0 Durant has switched places with the great\u00a0Lebron James\u00a0and now is the negative face of the NBA while James is the positive one.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Or as it was put, “the villain turned hero” for James and the opposite for Durant, “the hero turned villain.”<\/strong><\/h6>\n <\/p>\n
Kevin Durant:\u00a0 \u201cWe wanna go out there and win by as much as possible, and play as great as you can,\u201d he said. \u201cWhatever happens with the score, happens. Relay that to the fans who feel upset. If you don\u2019t like it, don\u2019t watch it.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n <\/p>\n
The fact of the matter, Kevin Durant plays for the most hated team in the NBA.\u00a0 More than Cleveland, the NBA champs.\u00a0 And add that Kevin Durant has ascended\u00a0to become the\u00a0most despicable player on that team, and the NBA as a whole. His decisions, even as a Thunder, to shed the “nice” guy personality in favor of a darker, hard edged in-your-face player\/person, was not as successful as he had waned early on.\u00a0 But his unsportsmanlike decision to abandon the Thunder for new team-mates in the Bay area did the trick for many, not only his former fans along Reno Street in OKC, but fans all across the Association.\u00a0 Now with a\u00a0“screw you” if you\u00a0 do not like what you see to NBA fans, Durant is coming to the point of no return for many that follow the big fellow.\u00a0 It is one thing to call out other players, coaches, and teams, but the line has been crossed when you crap on the fans.\u00a0\u00a0What you say means something.\u00a0 Durant’s transgression to the negative says that this man has identify issues.\u00a0 I can see the man at age fifty, a disgruntled former super-star, not as liked as he would have wanted.\u00a0 It is one thing to want to have fun when you have the world as an audience.\u00a0 But the world is watching.\u00a0\u00a0 When the final act has played out, and the final clap of the audience does not last a lifetime, Kevin Durant, please understand what you say and do is being watched by all. There is\u00a0another world outside the limited boundaries of the Bay area.\u00a0 When you accept your induction into the Hall-of-Fame, will you be loved?<\/h6>\n
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<\/h6>\nOne of the great things about being a blog writer is that I am not\u00a0beholden to\u00a0anyone.\u00a0 Without restrictions I\u00a0can say what I want and the\u00a0devil may care if those that read what I write like it or not, agree with it or approve of it, or not. Today the issue has come up in our daily newspaper in my hometown of Oklahoma City, of the likeability of former Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Kevin Durant.\u00a0 The local writer used Kevin Durant’s comment about if you don’t like what you are seeing in the NBA playoffs, don’t watch.\u00a0 Then he went on to say that the problem is not the message Durant delivered, but Durant himself.\u00a0 He tells that the good and clean of the \u00a0past of Kevin Durant is gone and\u00a0 turned into the not so nice and badass wan-ta-be that is now KD’s persona of the present.\u00a0 Durant has switched places with the great\u00a0Lebron James\u00a0and now is the negative face of the NBA while James is the positive one.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Or as it was put, “the villain turned hero” for James and the opposite for Durant, “the hero turned villain.”<\/strong><\/h6>\n <\/p>\n
Kevin Durant:\u00a0 \u201cWe wanna go out there and win by as much as possible, and play as great as you can,\u201d he said. \u201cWhatever happens with the score, happens. Relay that to the fans who feel upset. If you don\u2019t like it, don\u2019t watch it.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n <\/p>\n
The fact of the matter, Kevin Durant plays for the most hated team in the NBA.\u00a0 More than Cleveland, the NBA champs.\u00a0 And add that Kevin Durant has ascended\u00a0to become the\u00a0most despicable player on that team, and the NBA as a whole. His decisions, even as a Thunder, to shed the “nice” guy personality in favor of a darker, hard edged in-your-face player\/person, was not as successful as he had waned early on.\u00a0 But his unsportsmanlike decision to abandon the Thunder for new team-mates in the Bay area did the trick for many, not only his former fans along Reno Street in OKC, but fans all across the Association.\u00a0 Now with a\u00a0“screw you” if you\u00a0 do not like what you see to NBA fans, Durant is coming to the point of no return for many that follow the big fellow.\u00a0 It is one thing to call out other players, coaches, and teams, but the line has been crossed when you crap on the fans.\u00a0\u00a0What you say means something.\u00a0 Durant’s transgression to the negative says that this man has identify issues.\u00a0 I can see the man at age fifty, a disgruntled former super-star, not as liked as he would have wanted.\u00a0 It is one thing to want to have fun when you have the world as an audience.\u00a0 But the world is watching.\u00a0\u00a0 When the final act has played out, and the final clap of the audience does not last a lifetime, Kevin Durant, please understand what you say and do is being watched by all. There is\u00a0another world outside the limited boundaries of the Bay area.\u00a0 When you accept your induction into the Hall-of-Fame, will you be loved?<\/h6>\n
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