“Giannis Antetokounmpo has more real rings than you now”: Kevin Durant mocked by NBA fans for not congratulating Bucks superstar in tweet aimed at Milwaukee’s win

Tonoy Sengupta | 22/07/2021
"Giannis Antetokounmpo has more real rings than you now": Kevin Durant mocked by NBA fans for not congratulating Bucks superstar in tweet aimed at Milwaukee’s win

Kevin Durant left out Giannis Antetokounmpo from his tweet congratulating the city of Milwaukee, and fans are going crazy because of it

 

Giannis Antetokounmpo finally did it. After years of blood, sweat, tears, and a lot of muscles, the kid from Greece was able to bring Milwaukee its first championship in 50 years.

Of course, it wasn’t him alone who won it. Players such as Jrue Holiday, Khris Middleton, PJ Tucker, Brook Lopez, Bobby Portis, and many others played massive parts in this incredible run. However, given the number of times Giannis had to essentially carry the team, it would almost seem a bit disrespectful to not give him a special shoutout. And this is what the NBA community has been up in arms about for the last 24 hours.

After game 6 reached its conclusion, Nets star Kevin Durant put up a good-natured tweet, congratulating the city of Milwaukee. But, fans quickly realized that a special mention to the Greek Freak was missing severely. And since then, the reactions have ranged from hilarious, to maybe crossing the line, and sometimes even downright weird.

Let’s get into it.

Also Read: Skip Bayles discredits Khris Middleton and the Bucks following NBA Finals victory over Suns

 

“Can’t even give props to the player he challenged”: Fans weren’t pleased about Kevin Durant omitting Giannis Antetokounmpo from his tweet

Now, to be clear here, there is probably isn’t even any beef between the Slim Reaper and the Greek Freak. After all, after the Bucks beat the Nets, Durant even hugged Giannis and said “Go get you one”. That, however, is obviously never going to stop fans from starting something though.

Here is the Kevin Durant tweet that has become the point of controversy.

Fairly innocent right? Well, not for a lot of the NBA community it seems. Here are just some of the reactions.

Yikes.

Frankly, this is a bit unfair to Kevin Durant. After all, he was just trying to congratulate a city on a massive achievement. However, we will also say this is nothing new, and Durant is likely just ignoring all of the noise.

Either that, or we all get a new story out of it.

Also Read: Shannon Sharpe and Skip Bayless debate if LeBron James is still the best player over Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kevin Durant

Post Edited By: Tonoy Sengupta
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Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta is a Senior Editor at The SportsRush. Coming from an athletically inclined family, he has been surrounded by sports ever since he was 4 years old. But, while initially pouring all his time into Football (soccer), at 14, Tonoy discovered basketball through the countless highlights of Stephen Curry humiliating players from Curry Land. And just like that, a fiery passion for the game was ignited within Tonoy. And soon after, he decided to become a student of journalism, graduating in 2022, and choosing sports as his area of interest. Today, you can find him spending 99% of his time browsing through every type of content on every team in the NBA, before uncorking everything he has found to the world. In the 1% he isn't doing this, you can find him playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball, or practically any other sport he has had the opportunity to learn.

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