Kevin Durant spent part of MLB All-Star week in Philadelphia praising Phillies fans, but he also found time to go after two familiar NBA voices.
The Rockets All-Star took aim at Fox Sports 1 analysts Colin Cowherd and Nick Wright on his Instagram story, according to The Athletic’s Devon Henderson. Durant did not soften the message.
“Pack that lame (Colin Cowherd) up,” Durant wrote.
He followed that by turning his attention to Wright.
“Basketball would actually move forward if (Nick Wright) wasn’t involved. Hold up,” Durant added.
Durant has never been shy about firing back at media members, and Cowherd and Wright are just the latest names to land in his crosshairs. ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith has been there before, too.
“I don’t talk to Stephen A. Smith at all.
Nobody in my family - my friends - they don’t talk to Stephen A. Smith.
So, he’s lying.”
Durant also addressed the free-agency rumors swirling around him at the time with another swipe at Smith.
“If you ask me a question, I’ll talk about them,” Durant told reporters in 2015. “But like I said before, I have people who I talk to about everything, and I know for a fact they didn’t talk to him, so he’s making up stories.”
Smith didn’t let that slide then, either. He answered with an on-air rant on “First Take” and delivered a thinly veiled warning.
“You don’t want to make an enemy out of me,” Smith said.
Now the question is whether Cowherd and Wright will answer back.
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