Monday, January 31st, 2011 at 9:00 am  |  236 responses

Kevin Durant on Chris Bosh: ‘Fake Tough Guy’


by Marcel Mutoni / @marcel_mutoni

It’s kind of amazing when you consider it: Despite the public breakup with his old team, the winking ads, and occasionally controversial Twitter declarations, LeBron James is arguably not the most disliked member of the Miami Heat.

Chris Bosh has managed to continuously draw the ire of the public this season, and yesterday afternoon in Oklahoma City, he got under Kevin Durant‘s skin.

The two exchanged words early in the game, and following the Miami Heat‘s tough road win, Durant explained what his issue with Bosh was.

The Oklahoman has the quotes:

“He was telling Harden to dunk on me,” Bosh said. “He said dunk the next one. I expressed that, no, he’s not going to dunk that. And he expressed, yes he is. We just kind of went back and forth. I don’t think it was anything to get a tech over. It was just talking.”

“I was talking to my teammate and he decided he wanted to put his two cents into it,” Durant said. “I’m a quiet guy, a laid back guy. But I’m not going to let nobody talk trash to me. He’s on a good team now so he thinks he can talk a little bit. But it’s a lot of fake tough guys in this league and he’s one of them.”

“I’m no punk,” Durant said. “I wasn’t even talking to him, first-off. He decided to butt in. I’m not just going to let that slide, especially in our house. He’s not one of those guys that I look at and say he has a rep for talking back to guys or always getting into it. He’s a nice guy. He’s not one of those guys. So I’m not going to let that type of person say something to me like that”

Nothing too controversial there; it’s likely just frustration from a highly-competitive guy spilling over after a difficult loss on national television.

It bears noting, however, that Kevin Durant normally never says anything like that about any opponent, at least not to the media.

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  • dma

    The only guy on that Heat team I’d be scared of is Haslem. And sometimes Arroyo. Sometimes.

  • the nerve

    i’ll fuk all yall up. eboy my n!gga tho

  • http://www.slamonline.com Eboy

    As long as you’re not teaching basketball, bruno….otherwise their education would be bottom of the barrel.

  • MUBWAR

    Bruno and E should keep up cause my job is soooo boring, i have nothing else to do.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Eboy

    The Nerve is HERE!!!!!! My man.

  • KennyD

    Kevin Durant just basically admitted if it was KG he would have never talked back. But still Bosh needs to play the part and let LeBron be the man of the team.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Eboy

    I bet the nerve ain’t afraid of KD or Bosh.

  • http://slamonline.com AllBall

    Matic, Gracie is quick as lighting! Nerve’s gonna make B Crawford come out of retirement.

  • JTaylor21

    Or we could point out how Kobe got punked by his wife into buying her a 4 million dollar ring and call it a day.

  • http://nobulljive.com/ Enigmatic

    AllBall – check out Royce’s brother Rickson too. That cat was even better.

  • Bruno

    and now the toughest guy in the comments … the nervEboy

  • http://nobulljive.com/ Enigmatic

    Why would anyone be afraid of another human being at all? F*ck that. They bleed just like me.

  • karma

    We could also talk about irrelevant off-court issues like Lebron getting dunked on and hiding the tape, or perhaps worse, acting like a uneducated brat (much like yourself) on national TV but we won’t do that, and call it a day.

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aODnXqy7YwU Nicolas Fleming

    If you think Kobe can’t hold his own watch the ninja nerves at work against Matt Barnes. Click the name.

  • karma

    “Why would anyone be afraid of another human being at all? F*ck that. They bleed just like me.”

    Yes, only they weight about 100+ pounds more than you do, have greater strength (olympic lifts will do that to you), are more fit than you are, and are anywhere from 4 inches to a good foot taller than you.

    I’m not trying to pick on you, I’m just saying – its cool to have a warrior attitude, but its hard to do that when you’re in a fight and the other guy has a physical advantage over you to that degree and you’re not a trained fighter.

  • JTaylor21

    Or we could put out how Kobe’s ratting resume would make Sammy the Bull blush and call it a day.

  • http://www.redraidersports.com Nicolas Fleming

    Or we could figure out that it doesn’t matter what the topic is on any given day, because it will ultimately turn to a Lebron v. Kobe debate, not call it a day and continue as we were.

  • karma

    Or we would talk about being a first class douche by talking in the third person, tattooing “Chosen.1″ across one’s back, and calling yourself the King despite having zero rings while biting your fingernails in the clutch and call it a day.

  • CONEY ISLANDER

    Miss Bosh needs to simmer down.

  • karma

    Its not Lebron vs. Kobe, its me against this kid who doesn’t understand that unlike everyone else on this site, I won’t let the idiotic and often irrelevant stuff he says slide.

  • http://nobulljive.com/ Enigmatic

    karma, there’s a difference between going out and picking fights with dudes way bigger than you because you have some Napoleanic complex, and just having the heart to not back down or be afraid of people.
    I’m 5’3″, man. Short as hell, and I’m not one to start something, but I’ve never backed down from anyone who came at me first. I never understood why one human being would be scared of another. That’s all I’m saying.
    In high school I fought this football player dude who was like 6’4″, 220 pounds. I got some good licks in but he whooped me pretty good. But he was talking sh*t bout my sister, so I said I’ma get at dude. Damn his size.
    Also being a former Marine totally throws out the idea of being aftaid of anyone. That’s just unacceptable.
    Now, there’s a difference between courage and stupidity. If I’m in a bar and there’s five dudes wanting to whoop my a**, I’m gone. I got a family, man. I’m not about to risk getting beaten to death over some nonsense.
    But me being scared of a dude? Not happening. And it shouldn’t happen to anyone.

  • karma

    Or we could talk about the fact that despite 7 years in the league, James’ arsenal consists of bull-drives to the hoop, sporadic three point shooting, limited post moves, and a suspect jump shot.

  • http://slamonline.com AllBall

    Matic, that makes sense, and that comment about courage/stupidity cleared it up for me.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Eboy

    Ah…..but one has never ra*ed a woman. Let’s end it with that. Also, Enig should change his screen name to Wolverine. In the comics, Wolverine was a short little dude….not the 6′ 0″ one that showed up in the X-Men movies.

  • karma

    OK, you win Jason Williams. A case that did not go to trial and was settled out of court MUST mean that Kobe’s the worst human being ever and is absolutely guilty, despite evidence that the girl had sex with 3 other dudes after him. Yes.

  • http://slamonline.com AllBall

    Wolverine was the man on the cartoon. Fck Hugh Jackman.

  • MUBWAR

    FLEMING got everything on point. Even if we know Lebron is the better player..lool

  • youngmuggsy

    I’d love to a video of KD making these comments. I’ve never even seen him frown, let alone launch a verbal attack on somebody.

  • http://jayemmbee23.tumblr.com Clutch Performer

    as a Toronto fan , KD is totally wrong but everytime bosh tried to be tough his euro trash team mates wussed out and left him hanging, like when pierce dunked on him and kicked him in the nuts, your leader is on the floor and your sitting there watching while the only person willing to do anything is injured (Reggie Evans)
    so Bosh isnt usually tough but hes never had back up , so now its weird to him

  • http://nobulljive.com/ Enigmatic

    Word, Eboy? I didn’t know Wolverine was a small cat.
    And OK, if I really had to be honest, I’d probably be scared of Tiny Lister.
    Deebo is scary as sh*t.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Eboy

    karma….are you kin to dude, ’cause it’s pretty odd that you would be standing up for the guy as if you shared the same blood? Talking ball is cool and all and ‘repping your team/downtalking other’s, pointing out player deficiencies is cool and all (we all do that), but acting like his outside life and his trangressions is some kind of crusade you should be taking up for is a bit awkward, no? Just saying.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Eboy

    I wouldn’t fu*k with Brock Lesner, even with my sturdiest baseball bat in hand.

  • MUBWAR

    Hey Performer that was a cheap shot by Pierce and I was so frustrated that no 1 except 4 Evans who was on the bench went to Paul’s face. Now you see where the raps at without Bosh. Sad, just sad

  • JTaylor21

    It fits laker fans well that they are fans of the biggest rat this side of the mississippi. Once a rat is always a rat. You can put lipstick on a rat, but it’s still a rat.

  • http://nobulljive.com/ Enigmatic

    Yeah, Lesnar’s no joke, although my fellow Chicano Velasquez whooped that ass.
    Ronnie Coleman. Yeah, I wouldn’t f*ck with Ronnie Coleman unless I had an assault rifle on me.

  • the nerve

    I’ll fuk lesnar up 2. dat n!99a aint tuff man

  • http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicago-bulls-confidential/2011 Diesel

    Alistair Overeem – if you don’t know him, look him up and you’ll be adding him to your do not mess with list too. As for the story itself, I can see where KD’s coming from. I’m sure Bosh never talked, and didn’t appreciate being trash talked to, when his Raptors were getting blown out game after game. Now that he’s moved up in the world and has two big brothers to back up his talk, he has a short memory. It would bug me too.

  • r2j

    Look, Durant is 0-6 against Lebron. That’s no different from Lebron losing to Carmelo Anthony when Cleveland and Denver met. Durant did score a lot and if Eddie House wasn’t being a doushe about it and didn’t do SQUAT!!! until those final 3 minutes then It could’ve gone OKC’s way.
    Bosh on the other hand, I’ll admit he needed to speak up on that comment. If someone said “Dunk on him” to me or anyone else then I’m sure you would turn your head around like the excercist and say “I know you ain’t talking about dunking on me?”
    In the end it’s all love and war. 2 players reppin’ their 2 teams. However, if I’m OKC
    I’m really looking forward to the rematch.

  • backboard

    love how karma completely owned Eboy and he never came back, just totally ignoring the topic. I did it so many times over the years and he never said anything. dude is 40 yrs old, fighting kids on the internet. haha, get a grip clifford!

  • the nerve

    n where dat bichassn!gga jukai? I aint c dat muthafukka up here cryin yet. snich.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Eboy

    Who are you, exactly? Funny how you know a lot about me and I know nothing about you….stalker.

  • http://nobulljive.com/ Enigmatic

    Diesel – alls I remember about Overeem is that he caught a lot of L’s in Pride FC. Did he get a lot better now?
    And as fas as MMA fighters, Fedor Emilianenko and Anderson Silva are the two on my “unf*ckwithable” list.

  • karma

    lol @ Jtaylor talking like he’s a mobster. You’re 14 years old dude, relax. The first chance you got to save your own hide, you’d rat on everything around you. Also, why are you losing sleep over Kobe ratting out Shaq and why did you even bring it up? To respond to Eboy: No, I’m not kin to Kobe, I’m simply refuting your point. Its funny cause everyone assumes Laker fans to be about 10 years old and unintelligent, but when someone actually engages in debates with those who like to pick on Laker fans intelligently, somehow its “too far” or I act like I “know him”.

  • karma

    People like to talk about that case, without actually reading up on it. There’s a reason the girl was quick to settle out of court; believe it.

  • the nerve

    silva my n!gga

  • the nerve

    reason that ho settled cuz she broke man. gtfoh. kobe gat all in dat azz too. blood on tha n!gga drawz n all dat. dat muthafukka name is mike tyson!

  • http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicago-bulls-confidential/2011 Diesel

    yeah Enigmatic, in Pride he fought at 205. Since then he must have been juicing for like 2 years straight because the dude needs to cut down to get to 265 now. He’s been knocking out heavyweights left and right. He has the Strikeforce, K1, and Dream heavyweight belts at the moment. I don’t know how close you’re following the UFC but they had some up and commer heavyweight named Todd Duffee. Overeem fought him in Japan and knocked him out in 30 seconds. Youtube some of his recent fights.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Eboy

    There’s also a reason the defendant paid out several million to MAKE it go away.

  • karma

    You really believe that a professional athlete, and a cat who was as popular as Kobe, and who could literally get any groupie he wants, would need sex that badly that he would risk putting his career on the burner to get the p*ssy THAT bad – to literally force himself on a woman? Think about it.

  • karma

    Its not like he was pulling a Rothelisberger and was drunk. He was sober.

    Its akin to Tupac “raping” a girl in 94 – that’s not possible, the dude stood up for too much concerning women to do that.

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