Kevin Durant has always been outspoken, and for good reason. He believes the media was unfair toward him when he was with the Warriors.
On the latest episode of Showtime's "All the Smoke" podcast with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, KD opened up about his relationship with the media, or lack thereof.
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"The media is just trying so hard to separate this thing," Durant said in the interview. "You didn't do that with LeBron, D-Wade and Bosh ... You didn't try to separate them."
Durant said the media was trying to pull him away from the rest of the Warriors when he played with the team from 2016-19 before being traded to the Nets.
"You actually are making this your job, your duty to do so is to push this narrative every day," Durant added. "People call me wild for calling it out, but I think it's corny."
Last April, Durant sat down with NBC Sports' Bay Area's Logan Murdock and discussed the frustrations he had with media companies. Specifically, ones that were outside of the athlete-focused variety.
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"You know, they’re getting the players’ perspective and they’re getting the fly-on-the-wall perspective," Durant said. "So, I think there’s space for all of us to succeed.”
KD has been open about his frustrations with the media in the past. One incident in particular, last season, when he told reporters he didn't trust them.
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"Every time I say something, it gets twisted up and thrown out and so many different publications try to take me down with my words that I say, so when I don't say nothing, it's a problem," Durant said.
He said he just wanted to do his job by playing basketball and go home. It appears he still has the same mindset.