{"id":433276,"date":"2026-01-23T23:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T23:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/433276\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T23:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T23:56:08","slug":"kevin-durant-blasts-fans-on-social-media-for-believing-fake-quote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/433276\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Durant blasts fans on social media for believing fake quote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/nba\/houston-rockets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Rockets<\/a> have had a season full of highs and lows, and as of late, injuries and underperformance have plagued them in their quest to compete for an NBA title this season. After the team\u2019s loss against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/nba\/philadelphia-76ers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia 76ers<\/a>, a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/quote_forum\/status\/2014528836180865524?s=61\" rel=\"nofollow\">parody account on X <\/a>posted a fake press conference quote from Kevin Durant, with some people apparently believing it to be real. Durant went on a digital rampage, responding to several commenters with his thoughts. He frequently interacts with NBA fans regarding several topics, and this scenario was no exception.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">U so thirsty to hate that fake quotes with my name attached gets u excited to slander\u2026 I really hurt your feelings<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KDTrey5\/status\/2014743247122247733?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">January 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Durant also told another fan that \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kdtrey5\/status\/2014750810362478958?s=61\" rel=\"nofollow\">you\u2019re a sun fan who\u2019s emotional about something I did or didn\u2019t do. Can\u2019t listen to anything you say, u aren\u2019t genuine.<\/a>\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s clear that Durant doesn\u2019t hold many positive feelings regarding his time with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/nba\/phoenix-suns\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix Suns<\/a>. After the Rockets beat his former team earlier this season, he said that\u00a0\u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/chancellortv\/status\/2008390639210160534?s=61\" rel=\"nofollow\">it feels good to play against a team that booted you out the building and scapegoated you for all of the problems that they had.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Rockets and Kevin Durant will have a chance to prove their doubters wrong in their upcoming match against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/nba\/detroit-pistons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Pistons<\/a>, who look like favorites to make a deep run in the NBA playoffs. This is the perfect opportunity for Houston to right the ship and get back to winning ways. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More NBA news:\u00a0Warriors predicted to make &#8216;insane&#8217; trade for Bucks&#8217; frustrated $175 million two-time MVPPhiladelphia 76ers star jumps into top five on NBA MVP ladderClippers&#8217; Kawhi Leonard is proving something impressive to the rest of the NBAThe wild numbers behind Keyonte George&#8217;s incredible rise for the Jazz<\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Houston Rockets have had a season full of highs and lows, and as of late, injuries and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-433276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}