The interplay between and among superstars is never perfect. You don’t get to be a true superstar in the NBA (or other professions) without an enormous ego. The trick is subjugating it for the team. That’s how you win.
And even if you keep things in check while playing together, it’s probably best not to make it public even years later.
Back in September, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant recorded a podcast on KD’s “Etcs” in which Irving tried to compliment Durant. Instead it was construed as an insult to LeBron James, with whom he won a title back in 2016, hitting the dagger of the decade in the Cavs historic comeback.