“Why are you so worried about what the man living in his mama’s basement says about you?” Kevin Durant: “I mean, he needs to know too. Like, seriously—if you’re questioning what I’m doing, then why not get it from the source if you’re that interested?” “So yeah, sometimes… it’s millions—millions and millions—of people that probably get overlooked.” “But when I respond to two or three people, it’s like, ‘Why are you talking to everybody?’ I’m like, ‘Are you not—now you just... yeah, you're exaggerating that. I’m talking to everybody?’ No. I might talk to one or two people here and there. I might give them a quick 30 seconds, and then I’m moving on about my day.” “But like I said, when you look at the big picture, I really believe these people I might be on sometimes—they enjoy these interactions. That might push them to go buy more NBA tickets or buy League Pass or want to subscribe more to our game. You know what I’m saying?” “I feel like if we all were a little more authentic with these responses, all of our games would grow.” “And I’m starting to see more and more players now. You seen Russell, you seen Russell Wilson—every time I see a guy come out and just say something like that, I’m like, ‘I know I inspired that just a little,’ you know what I’m saying?” “Man, sometimes you don’t need to text nobody, you don’t need to call nobody. Maybe you just need to hear this tweet from me real quick, and we move on.” “But it all helps the game, in my opinion. It helps the relationship between fans and players.”

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