Kevin Durant opened up about the pitfalls of NBA stardom in a sprawling feature story by the Wall Street Journal's J.R. Moehringer. Drawing the ire of the two-time MVP were the media, the Oklahoma City Thunder and their fans, and even the NBA at large. Durant didn't quite spare the Golden State Warriors, either, insisting that while he felt accepted by his teammates, he would still “never be one of those guys,” referencing the Warriors' early championship core.

Unsurprisingly, backlash to the Brooklyn Nets superstar's remarks was swift and unrelenting criticism from a certain subset of league followers. Just as unsurprising is that Durant, who has a long history of engaging with fans on social media, felt the need to respond to those who were coming at him on Twitter.

Durant hardly minced words about his fractured relationship with the Thunder and Oklahoma City as a whole in the interview, saying the collective reaction to his departure in 2016 – from those within the organization to fans to the city in general – has forever burned that bridge. When one upset Thunder fan compared him signing with the Warriors to leaving a partner for their best friend, Durant replied by calling the insinuation he was “dating” his former team “creepy.”

Durant also defended himself for invoking Oklahoma City in the first place, tweeting that he was simply answering questions being asked of him.

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When another fan dissed him as “insecure”  for engaging so much on social media, Durant answered by quipping that “maybe I just like Twitter.”

Kevin Durant, of course, is unlikely to play in the 2019-20 season after suffering a ruptured Achilles tendon in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. With so much downtime between rehab sessions and other commitments, expect to see much more of Durant's unfiltered approach to social media interactions going forward.