It was arguably one of the greatest World Series ever. The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays kept fans on the edge of their seats for 11 innings in Game 7. Eventually, the Dodgers prevailed. And, as the sporting world often does, historic comparisons quickly began with an unwarranted one, transcending sport into basketball.
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This particular comparison seemed to irritate NBA superstar Kevin Durant, too. The backdrop, as it often is with Durant’s fan interactions on X, was his move to the Warriors in 2017. Seemingly unable to chase a ring in Oklahoma City, Durant decided to switch to the Bay Area, where, along with Stephen Curry and Co., the Dubs dominated the NBA for three years.
However, Durant has carried a ‘glory hunter’ label on his legacy since then. And fans love to throw in his face online now and then. So when some of them noticed that Blake Snell and Tyler Glasnow, who had lost to the Dodgers in the 2020 World Series, finally won rings with the very team they lost to, it turned into open season on KD.
“Hey, KD, you got company: there’s a couple of guys on the Dodgers who got beat by the eventual world champs back in 2020, and they just joined them in ‘25 and won, just like you did in ‘17. Thing is, you got two championships, they got one,” someone wrote on X.
A Durant reply was imminent. And it came just a few hours later, subtly clapping back, “Are u upset that they won?”
Are u upset that they won?
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) November 3, 2025
Let’s be honest here. These are rather unnecessary jabs at one of the greatest basketball players of all time. Maybe he joined a great team that was on course to create history, but Durant played a huge role in shaping that success.
Durant was instrumental, and the Warriors have, in all honesty, not been that deadly since he left for Brooklyn in 2019. Some fans defended Durant online, too.
One replied to the original comment, saying, “except KD was Yamamoto,” a direct nod to Durant’s greatness in Golden State. He won two Finals MVPs, similar to how Yoshinobu Yamamoto won MVP Sunday night after an exemplary series against the Blue Jays.
