Kevin Durant Doesn't Believe This New NBA Rule Will Last

Kevin Durant is an all-time great basketball player. He’s also an all-time great celebrity tweeter. While Durant has been a scoring machine on the court, he’s also been trolling fans, and answering honest questions about the league through his Twitter account. 

Durant recently fired off some takes on Twitter, including sharing his opinion on what he believes will happen with the new 65-game-played threshold the NBA instituted this season.

“Fans and media have to accept that they’ve ruined basketball discourse by diminishing the importance of the regular season. Playoffs are the most important part of the year, but you can’t make the playoffs without a great regular season… If you don’t win a ring, you’re a loser… The storytelling around the game is the worst it’s ever been, and I believe it’s a huge problem… I’ve gotten used to the 65-game threshold now. The NBA office is listening; they usually try to accommodate fans. I think the rule was implemented because fans and media were complaining, not because of load management. Just like the ASG, in-season tourney, and play in a tourney. So I’m sure they’ll change it back once more media and fans have a problem with it.”

Durant may be right about this one. The idea behind the NBA’s 65-game threshold is super reasonable. If you are going to get some of the highest NBA honors, you should be able to play in 80% of your games. 

However, this season, almost all of the top players might not qualify for any awards. This is a problem. Having an MVP race with the fifth and sixth-best players in the league being the most likely to win the award would be a problem. The All-NBA teams might look more like fringe All-Star teams than the best of the best in the league. 

So, expect the NBA to look at a new solution to the problem of star players missing tons of games. Durant may be onto something.