The speculation surrounding Kevin Durant allegedly using a burner account on X to slam current and former teammates continues to run rampant.
And a prominent basketball analyst has now offered thoughts on the controversy, saying that he assumes “there’s probably some smoke with the fire on this one.”
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The analyst, Bill Simmons, gave his thoughts on a recent episode of his podcast, The Bill Simmons Podcast, calling the potential situation an unprecedented one for the NBA.
“There is a burner account that’s allegedly tied to KD,” Simmons said. “I thought it was a Twitter account? But it’s an account, and it’s allegedly him, and there’s a lot of signs that it’s him, just (expletive)-talking a bunch of people that he’s either played with or played against.”
Simmons added: “I assume there’s probably some smoke with the fire on this one, and if this is all true, and he’s talking about guys that he plays with right now, I don’t know if we’ve ever been in a situation like this.”
He continued: “A social media scandal of revealed tweets/texts of somebody talking, disparaging people on his team that he then has to go play with tomorrow night. I think we’ve made new ground on this.”
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The burner account in question, @gethigher77 on X, recently made negative comments about Jabari Smith Jr. and Alperen Sengun, current teammates of Durant on the Houston Rockets.
It also had negative posts about Kyrie Irving and Devin Booker, former teammates of Durant on the Nets and Suns, respectively.
Durant has not addressed the situation, and there is no actual proof that he is behind the account slamming past and present teammates of Durant’s.
But that hasn’t stopped speculation.
Houston returns from the NBA All-Star break with a game against the Charlotte Hornets on the road on Feb. 19.
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Is Kevin Durant behind a social media account that is slamming current and former teammates of the NBA star? Bill Simmons has thoughts.
Reach Jeremy Cluff at jeremy.cluff@arizonarepublic.com. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter @Jeremy_Cluff.
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This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Bill Simmons speaks out on Kevin Durant burner phone controversy