Houston Rockets star Kevin Durant on Wednesday dismissed allegations that he operates multiple burner accounts on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, to criticize current and former teammates and coaches. Durant’s response came during practice, following a flurry of online speculation sparked by screenshots purportedly showing messages from accounts linked to the NBA star.
“I know you gotta inquire these questions, but I’m not here to gain into Twitter nonsense,” Durant told reporters, as reported by The New York Times. “My teammates know what it is; we’ve been locked in the whole season. We had a great practice today, looking forward to the road trip.”
The controversy erupted Sunday while Durant was participating in the NBA All-Star Game. Screenshots circulated online, allegedly depicting messages from accounts using aliases linked to Durant, containing critical commentary about Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker, former Suns coach Frank Vogel, Golden State Warriors players Stephen Curry and coach Steve Kerr, and current Rockets players Alperen Şengün and Jabari Smith Jr. One account, identified as “@gethigher77,” reportedly featured a header photo of an owl, a GIF Durant has previously used on his verified X account, according to Sporting News.
Rumors about Durant’s apply of burner accounts are not new. He acknowledged in 2019 that he had previously operated a burner account to interact with friends anonymously. Suspicions initially surfaced in 2017 when Durant posted several tweets from his official account in the third person, explaining his departure from Oklahoma City and criticizing the Thunder organization and then-coach Billy Donovan, later apologizing for the posts.
While the alleged burner account activity has generated significant online discussion, no definitive proof has emerged linking Durant to the accounts. The account “@gethigher77” has since been set to private. The messages themselves, still, have been scrutinized for stylistic similarities to Durant’s public posts, according to reports.
As of Wednesday afternoon, neither Durant nor the Houston Rockets organization had issued a formal statement addressing the specific allegations beyond Durant’s brief comments to the press. The NBA has not commented on the matter.
