Buddy. He’s always been about managing his image. Kudos to him for being successful at it because it is really obvious what he’s doing and I’m amazed at how dumb the general public is for falling for it.
He would have gone to depression and quit bball all together if 2004 happened in 2014.
Dude is about as thin skinned as they come and he tried to mask it by trying to be alpha. He’s like the Malone of the 00s, and Durant is the Kobe of 10s