Draymond Green weighed in on the latest Kevin Durant social media controversy, saying he would handle the situation differently if he were in the Houston Rockets star’s position.
Speaking on The Draymond Green Show, Green addressed the alleged burner account under the handle “@gethigher77,” which has circulated online with unverified screenshots criticizing several NBA players.
“KD’s alleged burner account,” Green said. “The burner account is called @gethigher77.”
Green referenced specific posts tied to the account.
“Some of the things that was said was your franchise player can’t shoot or defend. That’s a way bigger issue than my turnovers referring to Sengun. Apparently can’t trust Jabari Smith. Make a shot, get a stop, he’s lowkey ba,” he said.
“There’s multiple things said on this account that are a bit detrimental to KD and just who he is and how he’s viewed.”
Durant has denied engaging with the controversy publicly.
“His comment today was that I’m not discussing anything about Twitter. My teammates and I know we’ve been locked in all season,” Green said, recounting Durant’s response.
Green explained that his personal approach would be different.
“To me personally, I am one that when things come up about me or I’ve done I like to address them. Either it’s me or it’s not me. I like to address them because I think when you don’t address things, you leave it up for debate.”
He added: “I personally just don’t think that this is something that you can just allow people to decide what they want to decide because it involves so many other people, including people that you have to go to war with this year.”
Green acknowledged he is not inside Houston’s locker room.
“I’m not in that locker room so I don’t know how their locker room operates,” he said. “But I think if you know it’s our locker room it’s probably something that you need to address.”
He also questioned whether handling the matter privately would be enough.
“When stuff happen in the public eye it’s hard to just address it behind closed doors because everybody still have their opinion,” Green said.
“If it is, I don’t know how you walk back into practice after the break. You walk into the locker room it probably feel like a Key & Peele sketch. Just like a little awkward like what do you do?”
Green repeatedly stressed the uncertainty surrounding the allegations.
“These are alleged. It’s alleged to be KD’s burner account. Maybe one day we’ll know the truth. Maybe we already know the truth. Who knows? I don’t know.”
Durant, 37, is averaging 25.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.4 assists in 50 games for Houston, which sits fourth in the Western Conference at 33-20. Alperen Sengun is posting 20.7 points and 9.4 rebounds, while Jabari Smith Jr. is averaging 15.2 points.
Durant has a history with burner accounts, admitting in 2017 he used one to defend his departure from Oklahoma City. In 2021, he was fined $50,000 for offensive Instagram messages.
