Kevin Durant trolls Thunder fans after championship: 'bout time they win one'

Already dealing with the NBA fanning flames, Kevin Durant dumped gallons of gasoline. The Oklahoma City Thunder's Opening Night ring ceremony received an extra kick to it. They will host the Houston Rockets, which means the future Hall-of-Famer's attendance will make it even sweeter.

Since the 2025-26 season opener was announced, there's been online chatter on how the OKC crowd should conduct itself with Durant's presence. Does he still warrant boos nearly a decade since his ugly 2016 departure? Or does a championship finally let fans fully move on?

Well, Durant made that choice pretty easy. He spent the early hours of Sunday morning going back and forth with several social media users on X, formerly known as Twitter. Every year, you're guaranteed a few social media outbursts from the 36-year-old. His chronic online usage is what seperates him from other NBA superstars. And, in my opinion, more of fun guy to root for and against.

Spoiling NBA fans with a drama-filled Sunday amid a content desert, Durant leaned into his villain gimmick against Thunder fans. No love lost between those two parties still. When asked about how he felt with his upcoming presence during OKC's championship celebration, he fired back.

Durant wrote: "Finally. It’s been 10 years, bout time they win one lmaooo"

Finally. It’s been 10 years, bout time they win one lmaooo

— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) August 10, 2025

That enough would grab headlines. But Durant kept going. When one Thunder fan claimed Durant doesn't need to be disrespectful to them after they won the championship, he said it was part of the fun and games that comes with following the NBA.

Durant wrote: "My god, talk a little s--t back. It’s not that serious"

My god, talk a little shit back. It’s not that serious

— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) August 10, 2025

Of course, all this stems from Durant's departure. He shocked the NBA world when he joined the Golden State Warriors. It took the Thunder nearly a decade to return to the spot they were at when he last played for them. Rehashing his controversial decision to leave, he claims zero regrets on the move. Even though he immediately won two championships with Golden State, the discourse around him remains toxic.

Durant wrote: "You’re right, I care more about me than I care about your fanbase. You caught me lmao." Later on, he pulled the nihilist card and said championships are championships. How fans feel right now about him is going to change the longer time passes. Durant wrote: "We all gon die and so much time gon pass that people won’t even remember anything from this era of the world. So who cares"

You’re right, I care more about me than I care about your fanbase. You caught me lmao.

— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) August 10, 2025

We all gon die and so much time gon pass that people won’t even remember anything from this era of the world. So who cares

— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) August 10, 2025

While some NBA fans might roll their eyes at this junkfood-level TV drama, you gotta love it if you're the NBA. The schedule-makers knew what they were doing when they penciled in Durant and the Rockets as the Thunder's Opening Night opponent.

Now, Durant's combativeness makes it an even jucier storyline. It also gives August a few drops of content in what is otherwise the driest part of the league's calendar when everybody is on vacation for the next two months. The Durant and Thunder fans anomosity has been one of the hotter rivalries the last decade. It remains so even with both sides tasting championship champage since their divorce.

This article originally appeared on OKC Thunder Wire: Kevin Durant trolls Thunder fans over NBA title: 'bout time they win'