Rarely does an athlete of Durant's stature take time to address criticism, though the morning after Phoenix's season-opening win over the Los Angeles Clippers, Durant couldn't hold back on something said about him via ESPN's Stephen A Smith.

Kevin Durant scored 25 points, including a game-tying jumper with 21.2 seconds remaining in regulation, as the visiting Phoenix Suns pulled off a 116-113 overtime victory in the regular-season debut of the Los Angeles Clippers' $2 billion arena at Inglewood,

Suns coach Mike Budenholzer got to experience firsthand the greatness of Kevin Durant. After all, it was Durant’s shot with 21.2 seconds left that sent the season-opening road win over the Clippers to overtime.