Back in December, Kevin Durant let it be known that he wasn’t going to engage much with Charles Barkley on a TNT post-game show. As was noted at the time, Barkely had been hypercritical of Durant and Kyrie Irving not long before and while KD was respectful of the rest of TNT crew, he gave Barclays short shrift answering the Hall of Famer’s question with a one-word response. (Of course, Barkley set himself up by asking a question that permitted Durant to do just that.)
Not long after, Michael Rapoport, whose varied resume lends itself to him being called a media personality, criticized Durant for being “super sensitive about everything.