Kevin Durant Ejected for the First Time in His Career (VIDEO)

Momma’s in the locker room hallway with a bar of soap. No teary-eyed hug after a tough loss this time.

uhm, in a sense, yes. they aren’t going to market his “rougher” side. and it’s not really rougher to us. i’m saying to the nice white family in Oklahoma City who listens to Garth Brooks or whoever and goes to church 3 days a week.

why do you keep talking about your situation? how you, or your singular family feel is IRRELEVANT. obviously you don’t come from the type of family i just eluded too. there is really no way for me or the NBA to make this more obvious.
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This type of outburst, in the above video, is not what the NBA wants out of their poster child. Plain. And. Simple. – everything else that has been said by everyone, is just them repeating that sentiment in one way or another.
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What is so hard to understand about that?

It’s simple really, KD is a good dude off the court, but on the court he wants to kill you as much as anyone because he wants to win and be the best ever.

So where in any of the words you just typed expresses hypocrisy? Its called the duality of man, if anyone believes that this man isn’t human and capable of evil then they are lying to themselves. Competitive nature can let you be humble but cuthroat at the same time, they are not polar opposites but different shades of grey on the same spectrum.

It is edgy to mainstream America which largely frowns on ostentatious tattoos. That is still a part of a sub culture, and the fans the NBA craves are mainstream fans. The media members that cover the League mostly promote mainstream values. They are typically middle class white males with college degrees who have certain viewpoints on the world. Doesn’t make them evil, but it does mean that their idea of “normal” is typically very different from the ideas of the guys who they cover. Now, you see some change with more younger cats getting into locker rooms thanks to the digital media, but even that only makes so much business. The media business is a business that caters to a particular segment of society. Marketing campaigns typically cater to that segment too, at least the ones not associated with Nike or other shoe companies.

durant didn’t deserve a ejection…

hm, i say Kevin’s marketing machine learned from Kobe and then LeBron because after Eagle County, the next superstar had to be different from Kobe. The FIRST commercial we saw with LeBron featured Bernie Mac and they praised his passing ability (playing the “right way”), casting his image from a different mold than the Jordan model (scorer) that Kobe adopted. I’d say Durant’s team picked up on that trend, hence Kevin’s deference to his team mates in just about every interview. He is a scorer much like Kobe and Melo, however, he isn’t really cast that way from a media perspective. I wonder how much money Kev’s mom made for that commercial…

LeBron was just a kid who had to grow up too fast. He had reporters hounding him since the 11th grade. You gotta feel sorry for a guy like that.

I keep everything from my parents. EVERYTHING.

lol

Plus I’ve changed allot since I was under their wing. I use to be like them.

I understand what your saying though man. Most of the things I’ve heard from the media are positive spins for KD. The love him, but rightfully so. Most of the things they say of him are true. He is a genuinely nice, humble guy. If your real though you know he’s human and that humility is really just shoving your ego deep down and hoping she doesn’t pop up.

I’m sure we are just viewing this subject from different angles.Sorry if i’m not understanding what your saying.

I haven’t been to OKC so i’m ignorant to how they perceive life there.

hes human

But your someone who is in the know and most the info that you’ve come across is readily available. Yes, his tats are covered by his jersey, but he still takes pictures with his shirt off, he never denied listening to Rick Ross, the fact that we know about it means the info was made public. It’s like your arguing that the public is being duped, but Durant isn’t lying, and the league’s marketing of him isn’t his doing, we might as well argue about the stupidity of the general public. I don’t know anyone who thinks you can be NBA scoring Champ multiple times without having the competitive streak and cuthroat nature.

I have a question. What’s mainstream? When I was a teen you hardly ever saw people with piercings or tattoos. Nowadays it seems everyone has them: hipsters, lowlifes, adventurous good boys and girls who want to be a little naughty, dangerous thugs… some external signs have been spread to a lot of different people, and these signs have taken many different meanings. I don’t argue that tattoos are mainstream, you still have to hide them at the office, but I get to think that half of the people my age might be hiding a tattoo under their office suits.

There are many things that we accept in regular people but somehow we don’t like them when we see them in role models / celebrities. There is also the fact that perhaps daddy does not mind hearing the trash talk during the NBA games, but they feel a little concerned that the kids might hear.

All in all I think there is a lot of food for thought here, it’s all very interesting to me.

Just because he gets pissed off during the game doesn’t mean he can’t be golden. NBA refs make you want to cuss… I know I do.