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Kevin Durant and Kendrick Perkins spoil a perfectly good Thunder versus Rockets game

Look, Kevin Durant is sidelined for the year, I know. He’s been caught with Twitter burner accounts before, gotten into spats, popularized the phrase “blog boys,” and likely has had numerous other affairs that make me want to permanently plaster the shoulder shrug emoji on his jersey.

But, this one couldn’t have come at a more hilarious time.

You likely know the history: Durant spurns Thunder leaving Westbrook behind, Westbrook propels himself to Thunder-lore only to fail multiple times in the playoffs, then he gets traded for Chris Paul after the Paul George bombshell earlier this summer to the Houston Rockets.

Finally, Westbrook returned to Oklahoma City, much to the delight of the fans unlike Durant’s first return. Better yet, Chris Paul and the Thunder had a field day on the Rockets, in which Chris Paul nutmegged Isaiah Hartenstein so badly that he had to pull himself from the game.

While this was happening on-court, this was happening on Twitter for all of us to enjoy:

What is so utterly great about the timing is Durant undercutting Westbrook again and smearing Kendrick Perkins along the way. Of course, Perkins doesn’t back down, nor should he, but it is absolutely unbelievable that Durant would stoop to meet Perkins.

Perkins’ job as an amalgamation of NBA analyst and talking head is to make unsupported bold claims, which Perkins did by claiming Westbrook as Mr. Thunder.

Yet, Durant had the audacity to defend himself — not as Mr. Thunder — but as how he performed in the playoffs without Westbrook. Perkins was fishing and Durant bit like an unknowing fish.

Unlike Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Durant has to abide by the superstar rules of social media: sit back, stay quiet, and post things that don’t cause trouble. Durant struggles with this, but my goodness it makes for excellent entertainment.

Here’s hoping that while Durant continues his recovering he gets more involved on Twitter and chums it up with former teammates because that stuff is too hot for its own good.

That does it for this week’s edition of Trash-talk! Tune in next week for more!