Nets: Kevin Durant has NSFW callout for Jay Williams after Giannis take

Morning after a 39-point playoff victory, the Brooklyn Nets so firmly in the driver’s seat against the Milwaukee Bucks that they’re messing with the radio and resetting all their favorite stations…you’d think Kevin Durant might be sleeping in a little.

At least, that’s what ESPN’s Jay Williams bet on, and, uh…nope.

Williams hopped on “Get Up!” this morning to share what he thought would be…a story of how much Durant believes in his own abilities? We guess?

Ultimately, it ended up somewhat demeaning toward Giannis Antetokounmpo, and seemed like the type of tale that would set a firestorm once it was out of Williams’ mouth.

He had to have known, in some capacity, that he was threatening to fight a sleeping dragon here.

Luckily, KD reaps with one eye open.

Nets: Kevin Durant went after Jay Williams for this Giannis Antetokounmpo take.

And this isn’t even the first time these guys have been tied together in the weird world of the internet!

Now, does this tall tale pass the smell test? At first, sure. KD talks a big game. KD loves to be viewed as the game’s best. KD clearly believes in his own abilities, betting on a resurgence from himself ahead of this pivotal Brooklyn Nets season and fully realizing his destiny.

But trash-talking his rivals in secret? That doesn’t exactly feel like a classic KD behavior. He might check in on Twitter and chirp that he isn’t getting enough respect, but why would he pull Jay Williams aside just to say, “By the way, I’m better than the MVP, who is a big, big loser”?

Therefore, it should come as no surprise that the end of this story involves Durant immediately hopping into the comments on Instagram to set the record straight.

The only surprise is that he did it as himself.

And, there it is! “This is a f***in lie.” Pretty much says it all!

The odd thing is…this moment can’t have been the turning point in Williams and Durant’s relationship if KD was locked and loaded to say the former Duke PG “can’t speak for” him. Therefore, Williams had to know they were a bit frosty beforehand…so why subject yourself to this? You’re not going to slip one past the goalie. KD wasn’t going to miss this one.

The Nets couldn’t possibly be in a more comfortable on-court position, even poised to head on the road to Milwaukee for Games 3 and 4 of their Eastern Conference Semis series. The last thing Durant wants to do is provide bulletin board material for the moribund Bucks, especially when it’s coming out of someone else’s mouth.

Of course, in this series thus far, the outputs from both men are quite incomparable. Having to bear the load without James Harden, who pulled himself just 43 seconds into Game 1 and remains in hamstring limbo, Durant posted 29 points on 12-25 shooting in Saturday’s series opener, as compared to Giannis’ 34 on 16-24 from close range. Game 2 is where the separation truly began, though, as Durant’s effortless 32 points in 33 minutes on 12-18 shooting (4-6 from range) spurred a 39-point blowout victory, the largest in Nets playoff history.

Antetokounmpo? The box score doesn’t tell the full story of his letdown, as 8-15 for 18 points doesn’t accurately reflect his ineffectiveness (though the resulting -22 helps tell the tale). Shaken at the free throw line, tricked into taking 3-pointers for some odd reason, and the clear manifestation of everything anyone has every criticized him for in May and June, the Bucks’ biggest star shrank when the entire basketball world thought he’d be able to help Milwaukee take advantage of Harden’s absence once and for all.

In other words, Durant might not be hearing many comparisons to the Greek Freak in the ensuing few weeks anyway, though you didn’t hear it from him.

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