Kevin Durant and Michael Jordan

On Sunday, Kevin Durant had their 41st straight online game with 25 things or higher, surpassing jordan for the longest streak of the past 50 many years. The one who had been least impressed aided by the historic task appeared to be Durant himself.

“we don’t truly care about it. I wish it absolutely was over.”

There's two schools of thought here:

1. He’s correct; whom cares?

The streak is not a vintage, like DiMaggio’s hitting streak or Ripken’s consecutive online game streak. It’s a somewhat-arbitrary level (who's got the 26-point game record?) with a convenient half-century cut-off point because Wilt Chamberlain’s real record of 106 is virtually unbreakable. Though the Thunder perform much better when Durant is true of significantly more than 25 (the team is 47-17 when he does and 8-4 as he doesn’t, according to PBT), the 25 points is barely a meaningful mark. Durant’s statement in addition arrived after a loss, if the moderate celebrity would be also less inclined than usual to toot their scoring horn.

2. Woe is you, Kevin Durant, woe is you.

Even although you don’t mean it, and I also don’t believe he does, whenever Durant says things like “we don’t really care” about things fans actually love, it gives off a sense of entitlement. “If only it was over” runs the possibility of making men and women think you considered your self a tortured wizard who just can’t help but get 27 every night. Durant seems to be neither of the things, so don’t provide anybody ammunition to state them about you.

The record is both impressive and meaningless as well and Durant generally seems to get that, but he’d be much better down discovering different ways to describe his ambivalence. Sometimes you’ve gotta play the game off the court too.