{"id":873666,"date":"2026-08-30T09:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T09:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/873666\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T09:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T09:04:11","slug":"kevin-durant-breaks-down-why-his-nickname-is-more-iconic-than-michael-jordan-or-allen-iverson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/873666\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Durant breaks down why his nickname is more iconic than Michael Jordan or Allen Iverson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Kevin Durant spoke frankly about the legendary status of his initials being his nickname, claiming it\u2019s more iconic than Michael Jordan\u2019s MJ or Allen Iverson\u2019s AI. <\/p>\n<p>NBA players are often given unique nicknames that fans refer to them as, but some simply choose to go by their initials.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Paul became CP, Paul George became PG, and most memorably, Kevin Durant became KD. Durant would even bet that no player-initial combo comes close to him in terms of a nickname.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Durant gets frank about Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson initials<\/p>\n<p>Durant spoke to Philadelphia Eagles QB Jalen Hurts on his podcast, where he explained why he, as KD, is more memorable than Jordan as MJ or Iverson as AI, primarily because there is no other famous KD.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut AI is in hard competition with A.I. I don\u2019t have a competitor. Mine is just like standalone; MJ is also Michael Jackson. KG would be up there, but I edge him out because I am just\u2026 Better.\u201d \u201c<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just me and Kashdoll. But that\u2019s not competition; she knows that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This led to a hilarious back-and-forth where the pair try to figure out iconic three-letter names, with Durant saying \u2018LBJ\u2019 prompting Hurts to say GOAT, assuming it was about LeBron James, until KD revealed he was talking about former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2266729377-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Durant #7 of the Houston Rockets reacts during the first half against the Toronto Raptors at Toyota Center.\" class=\"wp-image-2535999\" \/>Photo by Jack Gorman\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Durant\u2019s point about him being the only famous KD can\u2019t be argued, as MJ definitely can be used interchangeably between Jackson and Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>MORE MICHAEL JORDAN STORIES<\/p>\n<p>While NBA fans have been joking about AI always meaning Allen Iverson, everyone knows that there is a far more pervasive technology that is now only referred to as AI, which is artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>Even past examples like Paul George and Chris Paul only work when you mention their jersey number as well, with them being referred to as PG13 or CP3.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of a player with just a two-letter initial, it\u2019s hard to argue with Durant\u2019s point that his KD might be more iconic than MJ or AI, simply because KD has no similarly important KD to compete against.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Kevin Durant spoke frankly about the legendary status of his initials being his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":873667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[35492,64,63,7220,7216,1385,590,85],"class_list":["post-873666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-allen-iverson","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-houston-rockets","tag-kevin-durant","tag-michael-jordan","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873666","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=873666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/873667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}