Dennis Schroder Calls Out Kevin Durant’s ‘Weak’ Dig Towards Him

The NBA season is still some time away. But there’s a lot going on in the NBA world right now. Dennis Schroder has generated a lot of online buzz by calling out Kevin Durant.

The drama stemmed from Schroder’s remarks following Germany’s 83-93 loss to Serbia in the 2024 Paris Olympics Bronze Medal game. In the post-game conference, he praised European basketball for its high-IQ gameplay. Schroder also pointed out that basketball in Europe is on the rise and European nations will soon have the ability to go toe-to-toe with America.

“European basketball is no entertainment. It’s straight IQ basketball, straight coaching, and really, really high IQ guys who know how to play the game. Serbia, Greece, Spain, France, Germany, so many teams out there who know how to play, is athletic, and I think there’s a lot of people from Europe in the NBA who make some noise… Europeans are coming for sure.”

These comments didn’t sit well with Durant. Shortly after Team USA won the tournament’s gold medal (going unbeaten), the 35-year-old took the opportunity to point out the gap between the USA and the rest of the world.

Taking a jab at Schroder’s comments on Europe’s high IQ basketball, KD shared a photo of Team USA celebrating with their gold medals with the caption, “ENTERTAINMENT & IQ”.

This caught Schroder‘s attention as well. He called out the discrepancy between Durant’s superstar status and the way he conducts on social media.

The German star pointed out that his initial comments weren’t even meant to be negative; he was just speaking from the perspective of a person who has played both European and American brands of basketball. But KD still decided to take offense to it and take a shot in response.

Putting forth his two cents, the former Lakers star said,

“They won and then Kevin Durant tweeted, ‘High IQ and entertaining.’ For me, that’s just being weak. That type of a star and you have to say something to a person like me who didn’t even mean it to be negative, it’s just what I see from both sides. I didn’t appreciate it.”

What the German was trying to say was a superstar of Durant’s caliber didn’t need to take a jab at a role player like him.

Durant, however, seemed unfazed by the recent development. The Slim Reaper is notorious for defending himself on social media. Given his track record, it would be safe to assume that Durant will respond to Schroder sooner rather than later.