When Kevin Durant isn’t firing step-back jumpers, you can find the Golden State Warriors forward on Twitter firing at his social media critics, just like today.

Durant is having quite a moment on Twitter this Wednesday. After sparring with Portland Trail Blazers guard C.J. McCollum on social media, Durant selected a certain Nate Jones to be his personal target. When Jones tried to lecture the two-time NBA champion on how the latter should have responded to McCollum, Durant immediately came up with a reply – the viciousness of which can’t be hidden despite the Warriors superstar’s apparent effort to conceal it with sarcasm – using his verified Twitter account

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Durant has long established his persona on social media as a high-profile athlete/celebrity who has the tendency to show his fangs and bite back at his critics. Depending on how people look at it, Durant’s way of handling things online is what makes him either a bigger villain or a more authentic figure in their eyes.

Ever since he left the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2016 and joined the Warriors shortly thereafter, Kevin Durant has seen his image transform from that of a subdued superstar to an outspoken defender of his own character. But the change he must have really liked since is the addition of two rings to his get-up.