Brooklyn Nets: Kevin Durant should be very active on social media during rehab

The Brooklyn Nets enter the 2019-2020 season with full understand they will be without Kevin Durant, but his social media may get a boost in the process.

The season is only a few days away, and the Brooklyn Nets are shaping up their team to contend in the Eastern Conference. One of their prized acquisitions, Kevin Durant, will most likely miss the entire season while rehabbing his Achilles injury suffered last season in the playoffs. The injury, however, will not stop his Twitter fingers from addressing anything basketball-related while he continues his rehab.

In a bizarre Twitter exchange with basketball editor questioning the importance of the midrange shot. Durant chimed in on the hot take with a few of his own taking the stance of players taking the best shot available.

"”It’s not about me, said Durant on Twitter, I see dudes passing up open shots in the mid range, like wide open, to force passes to the 3 point line or force up bad finishes at the rim.””The game is going towards 3s and lays only so why would anyone work on that shot? If it wasn’t forbidden then players would work on it and they would develop that shot.”"

Durant’s message is pretty clear in not being a fan of the over-analytical nature in which the game has morphed into over the past few seasons. The former league MVP takes a confident stance in defending the importance of choosing the right shot in the best situation. He would continue to prove this point throughout the debate, further exposing his none belief in the mathematics of each shooting situation.

"”I don’t view the game as math. That’s the only difference in the convo. I get what you’re saying but we just have 2 different views of the game. Analytics is a good way to simplify things tho.”"

Durant is no stranger to Twitter feuds as he recently used his platform to deal with trolls criticizing his leaving from Oklahoma City a few years ago. He addressed his feelings on social media responses in a magazine piece about wanting to encourage young basketball players.

"“Just encouraging [young followers], letting them know they’re nice, and keep going. That s–t does a lot for me,” Durant said, That’s why I like the Gram. A lot of young grass-roots basketball players, I build relationships through Instagram, so when we see each other it’s love.”"

The prospect of NBA players being more vocal on social media about the game should be seen as a welcome forum. The players are questioned continuously at the podium by media personnel for their game decisions; it’s a refreshing take to see the players return the favor on an open forum such as Twitter.

Let’s hope this isn’t the end of Durant addressing basketball insiders on social media regarding analytics and game time situations.