Okay fine, so I lied. There's really only one question I have for Kevin Durant, and it's which "me" is he referring to here? The low-key, mild-mannered "phony" (his word, not mine) that managed to find his thin skin pierced by Oklahoma City's extremely forgiving media on multiple occasions appears to have lived on through a number of outspoken internet alias. Would that make his "real" self the guy that exercised his right to make one of the most diabolical departures in NBA history, hasn't stopped talking about how he doesn't give a damn about what anyone thinks about it since, and most recently told C.J. McCollum that the Blazers' championship aspirations are basically that of a newborn puppy trying to hop atop a bunk bed? That doesn't totally jive, so maybe this a 'Me, Myself, and KD' situation, in which he recognizes both his bi-polar personalities as distinctly separate but equal parts of his eternally emotional makeup? Personally, I would argue that it's neither, and that even feeling the need to text some second-rate media member to proclaim how comfortable you are in your own skin is evidence that you're still making alterations to it to see what best suits you. After all, nothing speaks to someone's insecurity like them literally speaking to their own security out of absolutely nowhere. As I see it, it would make a whole lot of sense for Kevin Durant to still be doing some soul searching as a public figure in his 20's who semi-recently underwent a huge life change that he somehow, someway didn't foresee making him the lankiest of lightning rods for criticism. It's probably pretty tough to reach the peak of your profession twice and have both patrons and peers alike stare at you like you've failed them, so he'd be totally justified in partaking in however much adjusting of the mirror he needs to properly self-reflect. But hey, if he says he's officially found himself in the form of the schizophrenic superstar who goes back and forth between playing the villain and playing the victim then who the hell am I to argue with him, or any of his anonymously active social media accounts?
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