Enes Kanter has never been one to shy away from controversy.
The Swiss-born Turkish national has been outspoken in recent years against the Turkish government as well as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for what he’s called a “human rights tragedy”.
Now, the former Thunder center is speaking about something else. Or rather, tweeting about something else.
Kanter’s former teammate in Oklahoma City, Kevin Durant, recently joined SHOWTIME Basketball’s All The Smoke, where he sat down with his former Golden State teammate Matt Barnes, as well as Stephen Jackson, to talk about things as he continues to work back from the Achilles injury that has kept him sidelined this season.
As it usually does with Durant, the conversation turned to his decision to leave Oklahoma City for the Warriors following the 2016 season. Durant said it was because he “needed a change” and that while in OKC he “didn’t play with a lot of skill guys”.
Kanter needed just five letters and a crying laughing emoji to respond.
LMFAO 🤣 https://t.co/ym6kYvaesq
— Enes Kanter (@EnesKanter) February 9, 2020
Kanter played 108 games alongside Durant in OKC from 2015 through 2016. He averaged 18.7 points and 11 rebounds in 26 games after coming over from Utah in 2015, and 12.7 points and 8.1 rebounds the year after.
Kanter isn’t the first one of Durant’s former Thunder teammates to take issue with some of KD’s comments.
Durant and former-Thunder center, Kendrick Perkins, got into a Twitter feud in January after Perkins said that former Thunder point guard was the “best to ever put on a Thunder uniform”.
Perkins subsequently apologized to Durant on Twitter following the death of Kobe Bryant.