'Why do people call you KD?': Kevin Durant isn't having David Letterman's media day antics
"Um?" is right.
NBA teams marked the end of the offseason with the annual media day, an activity that ranges from informative to plain goofy. Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant was faced with latter, which seems rather unfair for first thing on a Monday morning.
David Letterman, the former late-night host, had a pressing question to start Durant off with and it seems realistic he's never faced this particular inquiry before.
"KD. Why do people call you KD?" Letterman asked in a clip that quickly spread around Twitter.
Durant at first could only respond with an "um" and utter silence.
"My first name is Kevin with a K, and my last name is Durant with a D."
David Letterman is at Nets media day and asked Kevin Durant why his nickname is KD 💀
(via @SNYNets) pic.twitter.com/LP8ySxjRwf— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) September 27, 2021
“My first name is Kevin, with a K and my last name is Durant, with a D,” Durant said, as simply and seriously as ever.
Letterman continued by asking what percentage Durant plans to give this season: "90? 95? 100? 110? What are we looking at?"
Most people recognized the host's voice and found the moment to be funny. Others ripped what they believed to be a real reporter for asking such self-explanatory question. It was a jarring generational divide in the Twitter replies, but not to fret, the longtime household voice is always down to introduce himself.
My interaction with David Letterman who sat next to me at @BrooklynNets media day for some reason.
Letterman: "Hey, who are you."
Me: "I'm Scooby Axson from USA Today."
Letterman: "Oh, good. I'm Dave"
Me: "I know."— Scooby Axson (@ScoobAxson) September 27, 2021
The antics kept on with Letterman asking if Durant would consider playing for the Knicks on off days and if playing the Pelicans makes him giggle. Durant, again, was not impressed.
David Letterman just asked Kevin Durant why he’s called KD, what % he’s going to give on the floor, whether he’d play for the Knicks on days that he’s not playing for the Nets, and whether playing against the Pelicans would make him giggle.
KD: “Y’all just let anyone in here.”— Kristian Winfield (@Krisplashed) September 27, 2021
Letterman was in fact at Barclays Center for the annual event. However, Durant's teammate Kyrie Irving was not.
David letterman asks KD if he would play for Knicks on off days. Durant’s response? “They let anyone in here.” pic.twitter.com/ERPssU3ggz
— Barbara Barker (@meanbarb) September 27, 2021
Letterman introduced himself as with Basketball Digest, a real magazine founded in 1977 that ceased production in the early 2000s.