Kevin Durant Defends Burner Accounts: 'I Wanted a Place Where I Could Talk to My Friends'

All the way back in 2017, fans began speculating that Kevin Durant had a burner account that he used to defend himself on Twitter. 

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All the way back in 2017, fans began speculating that Kevin Durant had a burner account that he used to defend himself on Twitter. He later denied it, but ever since he's been a lot quieter on social media.

KD has secret accounts that he uses to defend himself and forgot to switch to them when he was replying to this guy I'm actually speechless pic.twitter.com/9245gnpa3c

— idk (@harrisonmc15) September 18, 2017

Now, he's finally getting candid about the situation in a new episode of The Boardroom on ESPN+. Speaking with Jay Williams, he said, "I wasn't used to that amount of attention, you know, from playing basketball. I wanted a place where I can talk to my friends without anybody just butting in my conversations or mixing my words or taking everything out of context because I enjoyed that place."

"I try to live a normal life out in the public ..."

@KDTrey5 on his burner account pic.twitter.com/ql7vjEbtyx

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) March 15, 2019

He continued, "I had an Instagram that I just use for my friends and family. Like it's a cool place for me just to be me instead of worrying about Bleacher Report or Barstool mixing up anything I want to say to CJ or friends from back home, you know?" 

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