Don’t poke the bear when he’s in hibernation, or in the case of Kevin Durant don’t remind him of the name Devin Ebanks and April of 2012. It appears that Durant doesn’t take to kindly to being reminded of the Lakers’ Ebanks and what he allegedly did to Durant in a game during 2012.
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Either that or be prepared for a Twitter war of words. That’s the lesson a former teammate of Ebanks’ from West Virginia found out the hard way.
John Banks, who apparently got the attention he was looking for, tagged Durant in a post mentioning Ebanks shutting him down to 5-of-19 shooting.
Durant couldn’t let it all slide and apparently the two went at it for over an hour in a Twitter back and forth.
That's on the file @KDTrey5 RT @_Iwishyouwould: I remember Ebanks locking KD up and holding him to 5 of 19 shooting.
— john flowers (@jflow41) July 20, 2014
Durant wasn’t one to give in to the fact that Ebanks had much of anything to do with his off night, responding with this tweet:
@jflow41 @gtlopezz30 aight he played hard. I missed.
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) July 20, 2014
He continued to not give Ebanks credit for his performance on the defensive side of the ball with a series of tweets:
@J24MU @jflow41 @_Iwishyouwould just check the files man.
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) July 20, 2014
@jflow41 he didn't lock me. I got every shot I want and got wherever I wanted. It was on me after that
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) July 20, 2014
This is just one of the latest examples of great players taking motivation from nearly anywhere. Remembering the details of your performance in one game out of 82 from a season two years ago clearly shows just how long Durant’s memory is.