After one of the most exciting games in United States men’s basketball history, Kevin Durant was awake early in the morning.
The late Kobe Bryant, who was Durant’s teammate the 2012 London Olympics, used to discuss the importance of waking up early for early morning workouts. Durant obviously has his workout routine down to a science, but he also needed to be up early for other reasons.
Durant, who could potentially win MVP of the men’s basketball tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics and recently broke Lisa Leslie’s all-time scoring record for Team USA at the Olympics, had an agenda.
He has stayed active on Twitter during his time as an Olympian in Paris, sharing a particularly classy message after he became the points leader. But nothing came close to his social media behavior on Friday morning while in France.
Despite riding high following the victory over Serbia, the two-time NBA Finals MVP couldn’t help but respond to some folks on Twitter who were discussing the thrilling semifinals match.
5AM in Paris and KD's still online 😂 pic.twitter.com/gCrJZdwaRM
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) August 9, 2024
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No one who follows Durant on Twitter was surprised to see that he responded to basketball fans. He obviously loves to do that, even if the posts come from one of his “burner” accounts occasionally.
Durant used his own account for these replies, questioning all of the supposed fans from the United States who rooted for Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic on Serbia.
It was fairly standard stuff from Durant, but the fact he was posting these quote tweets around 5:00 a.m. from Paris was particularly amazing.
Everyone thought this was hilarious
At 5 am is hilarious bruh @KDTrey5 😂😂
— Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) August 9, 2024
Kevin Durant waking up at 5 am from one of the most beautiful cities on Earth to hate tweet. A simply generational hater. We’ve never seen anything like this and we never will again https://t.co/OZYbWsqnXK
— Nathan Strauss (@NathanPStrauss) August 9, 2024
5:10 in the AM in Paris after an all-time win and my guy is on the bird app talking shit. Best we've ever seen 🐐 https://t.co/eKbtJjlZwk
— Fitz (@FitzGSN_) August 9, 2024
kevin durant at five am local time in paris https://t.co/mWXWcSRaA6 pic.twitter.com/HviAmTrR0Z
— one dozen rats at a keyboard (@PanasonicDX4500) August 9, 2024
LOL kd just finished a game a few hours ago and he up @ 5:18am cookin folk on twitter. unreal talent. https://t.co/X6hODr6KTv pic.twitter.com/8EtOl2HKId
— mike taddow (@MikeTaddow) August 9, 2024
5:09AM in Paris lmao pic.twitter.com/UKhJXO0z1v
— Becks (@BecksWelker) August 9, 2024
It’s 5am in Paris and the All-Time Olympic Basketball Scorer is on this app cooking ppl. Multi-sport generational talent. We’ll never see another like it 😢 https://t.co/S1ayEjz47F
— Alexis Morgan (@alexismorgan) August 9, 2024
my goat https://t.co/2piB9VO0Nk
— sean yoo (@SeanYoo) August 9, 2024
It is 5:21am in Paris the morning after one of USA basketball’s biggest Olympic wins ever and KD is on Twitter going after people for giving Serbia props, that is dedication to the posting craft on a level we might never see again. Give him an extra gold medal, from the Internet.
— Lindsay Gibbs (@linzsports) August 9, 2024