Kevin Durant's Mic'd Up Exchange With This Ref Was Real 

KD does not “chill” on twitter, Devin Kurant however...

Cant blame him people be toxic on twitter 😂

Well, he don't want no Tech. He better be chill

@@ehtikhet Devin be Trippin

Because basketball game 48 game minutes while twitter 24/7 he got time lol

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true. kd is what 6'10?

yep

seems like kd is as tall as the ref

@@chenelarkemberlu3265 7'0 with shoes on

Yeah makes u forget how tall kd is

He like 6’7 🤣🤣

0:24 *exposed*

I didn't notice till you pointed it out🤣🤣🤣🤞🏾

Some are former players..

Watch bballbreakdown

@@PG-ek8mf yesssirrr

AGREEED

All depends how you approach the ref. You approach calmly, you get a calm reply. You get at it with heat, you get a heated tech

@oo70mar if you've never heard keep your hands up idk if you've played basketball.. the second your HAND reaches in and doesn't get ball or disrupts the play while making contact, it can be called a foul. Technically all "fouls are subjective so there is no real baseline to go off just template's. Now in this situation, KD didn't keep his hands out while Luka was driving past (after the screen) and he made contact going in. Yeah nothing crazy but still a considerable foul which was called! No offense but you seem angry about something else here not sure what that is!

shoudlve just went to the bench and ask harden why he would start this

@@akokate1151 Or just work with Harden in training on a way to defend it.

My thought exactly too. haha

Keep ur hands behind you n move laterally. Easy? Fuck no lol

I think he was just complaining to complain. He knows it, he used the move and gets away with it.

The underarm hook created by Harden ruined it all

"lock down D" harden: "oh we could lock this arms" refs: "two shots for harden"

right. i feel like most refs have to think the same at this point. but they still call it bcuz thats what the rules say (i would think). the refs should just all get together and contact the league about these ridiculous rules. id think reffing would be easier if there wasn't a foul call to make (according to the rules) every 10 seconds and constant arguing.

The same ref that ejects kd and beverly in 2019 playoffs lol

@@grievous5243 Ironically KD used it alot in OKC too lol

You're a good man, I would hate to be in your shoes having to deal with all the know it fans and parents!

@@timothyjohnson679 in Canada, Filipino dads think hs bball is nba😂

I’m sayinnnn 🤣 he look like he was about to go out there and hoop

6'6

@@TJgamesfull7 oh thanks

😂🤣😂.. Same page my friend

It's an optical illusion, the camera is up in the stands and KD is closer to the camera than the ref is

Or kd is not as tall as yall think

@@sorinn7894 ive been to a warriors game and trust me he is tall...

@@retna1x363 he is 6’5

@@sorinn7894 if u think kd is 6 foot 5 u are a fucking moron no offense... He has literally been measured and it is obvious asf he is way taller I know a guy who is 6 foot 4 and i was on the same level ground as kd and he was so much taller then him, im laughing u said 6 foot 5 literally curry is 6 foot 3...

@@retna1x363 the ref is 6’5 😂 not kd lol he 6’10

he was though? watch it again.

@@xxjongjongxx yeah but the foul exchange ref was trying to say it wasn't the clip. He was clipped on the right yes, but the foul had nothing to do with his left hand being inside Luka's space, like red said, it was the 1on1. smart ref

@@lilaznballaz1022 nah ref said there was no screener, but there was. Not saying it would have mattered, just pointing it out.

@@xxjongjongxx not during the time of the foul, so it’s irrelevant.

@@notatrollll it is pretty much so. That screen gave the separation that was needed and put KD a step behind.

yeah. since Refs are humans too

Yeah that's exactly why after every single call in the NBA you see these players talking to the refs. There's a method to the madness.

Be calm and logical during first exchange. Accept the refs decision. Second time? That ref will favor you if it's a 50/50 call. It's just like treating cops as if they are heroes. Fewer tickets is the result. I'm living proof of that. I always confess to everything the cop wants to hear, early. Fawning behavior. Bowing and scraping. Many many times I then get a warning, no ticket!

@@tarico4436 Wtf how much do u get pulled over lmfao

@@cottoncandylol7175 Never since you can't get pulled over if you never leave the house.

What was his point? He made a foul like a newbe. It is what it is.

@@airnidzo KD's point was that Luka wrapped his arm around his so when he went up for a shot it was a foul. KD is basically saying he had no control over the foul

One Skill Point shit I can tell he studied hardens game he plays similar he does a lot of step backs and all lol they both good asf too

@@oneskillpoint4669 I didn't say Luka made the move. I said KD's point was that he cant do anything about the foul because his arm is trapped

yeah its very clever. New era of NBA

In a heated game a guy will do whatever they can to win

Foul happened after the screen and kd means he’s off balance due to the screen, both made sense

@@advitiya18 Perfectly written. I like both of you guys comments

That wasn’t really a screen

There wasn't a screener at the time of the foul.. He had already cleared and it was one on one at the point of the gather

Luka swinging his arms to initiate the contact and get the foul is similar to when KD use to rip thru the defenders arm if they had it extended when faced up. KD and other players use to do the rip thru move so much that they changed the rules and no longer said it was in the act of shooting. And lets not act like all the NBA players don't do a bit of acting.

@@jaydabliu That screener fouled him with a moving pick

@@jaydabliu y’all so dumb. Full screen or not, the slip screen he did hit him with, put them in downhill position, so it was a reasonable gripe. If you know anything about basketball, if you get your defender downhill you’ve got the advantage

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@@managed9348 nah it is

KD is 7’0” legit

he is taller. 6.11 to 7 feet tall.

id put my money on 7'1-2

KD is not 6’10 my boy

You literally read someone else say this same shi t on another comment

True true

But he did fight over the screen to get into a good defensive position before the 1-on-1. That’s what KD was saying

You must not have seen the game cuz you don't know what you're talkin about

​@@Geeandrezzi Yeah sure, but the screen in inconsequential to the foul, sure it brings Doncic into Durant faster because he's using the screen to get an edge and try to turn the corner by leaning into Durant, but the foul only happens after the screen. You can see when Doncic lean in, Durant hand is behind him, but KD doesn't want to allow him in so he brings his hand down between him and Doncic, already he's testing the limits, but refs will allow some physicallity the problem is in that position he's exposed to what Luka does which is raise his hands for a shot while his hands are clipped under which results in a fault. Durant is complaining because not bringing his hand down makes it way easier for Doncic to get a step in front of him which open up all sort of angles to attack the basket. Bringing the screen in the discussion has nothing to do with the fault tho except pointing out why he was getting in trouble defensively which the ref acknowledge when he says it's hard, because it is indeed fucking hard to try to stay in front of a player when that player just used a screen to get an edge on you. Still even if it's hard that's the game, that's the rules and being frustrated about your positioning doesn't mean you can put your hands on the offensive player body without exposing you to him trying to draw a foul from that.

and league also change the rule because of kd doing stuf like that. 😂

Yeah, i remember it back in okc. Kd always do that sidesweeping arm from 3 point line. Hahaha

The first part of what you said is correct, about the two steps. I don’t think KD reached though. It looked like Luka slipped his shooting hand, without the ball, inside KD’s arm. Like KD said, “it’s clever, looks like a foul”. The ref had to make the call, but it wasn’t Luka going up in an actual shooting motion, the ball was still in his left hand. A very cleverly drawn foul. A bit unsportsmanlike, but par for the broader culture unfortunately. I’m glad to see this exchange, it gave me a deeper understanding of the bball IQ of these amazing players.

@@schwajj exactly what happened. Great comment.

That's why their league is trash.. full of soft plays

yeah we do. People will finally stop complaining about crooked refs and really start to appreciate advance understanding of NBA

@@Macabre124 that harden move should be removed let’s all admit it was crafty but it was unfair and soft.

@@Macabre124 Advance understanding? Lmao the refs call whatever they want on whoever they want WHENEVER they want. Its a strcuture built to have unlimited ontrol over the outcome. Pro sport mathces will always be mainuplated and influenced by the officiating.

@@zepyoisthebest2373 Yea he inflates his points big time with that bs

More like his teammate harden 😂🤣

I was bout to be like you just not watch KD he don’t get his points cheap at all lol

🤨 I’ve never seen kd do that. Maybe harden but not kd

Lol you definitely don't watch Durant play he don't pull shit like that game 2 easy for him

Durant's under arm sweep is not the same as what he was talking about.

You really think he knows? And how would he have found out ?

@@andydago53 They let you know beforehand that you're mic'd up.

Perfectly perfectly written and explained

Yeah I saw that too

KD is the one who popularized the rip through and made the rule change.

Bc it’s a good way to keep people from hand checking you, at least he’s not getting cheap “shooting fouls” like guys like Trae, harden, Steph, and luka do

Trust the internet to find the bad in literally anything. This was a good exchange and sets an example of what should be happening. Stop trying to find something to bitch about.

@@harrywhite9030 nah, you know what it is. Stop bitchin

Yessir lmao

@@harrywhite9030 You sound like your bitchin about the truth boyo, don't want your boy exposed?

luka is basically james harden but slower and a little better in the post (cause hes bigger)