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“#Skip Bayless responds to Kevin Durant ‘really don’t like u’ tweet<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Wheels keep on spinning round, spinning round, spinning round.<\/p>\n

Those are lyrics from a song by the alternative rock group Cake, but they also describe the endless cycle of prominent sports opinionists eliciting responses from star athletes, and then responding to the responses.<\/p>\n

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Skip Bayless responds to Kevin Durant\u2019s tweet about hating him.<\/figcaption>
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The latest installment came this week when FS1 host Skip Bayless actually complimented Nets star Kevin Durant, in comparison to LeBron James. Bayless deems James to have less of a killer instinct than Durant, to which Durant responded, \u201cI really don\u2019t like u.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you thought that Durant\u2019s acknowledgement was not going to be fodder for a response segment from Bayless on \u201cUndisputed,\u201d you have either been living on Jupiter or were cryogenically frozen like Austin Powers.<\/p>\n

Boiling down Bayless\u2019 six-minute rant, he essentially said that he has had nothing but praise for Durant\u2019s on-court prowess throughout his career. However, he has criticized him for lashing out at people on social media and for creating burner accounts.<\/p>\n

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Kevin Durant against the Raptors<\/figcaption>
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\u201cHe\u2019s as strange off the court as he is on the court,\u201d Bayless said. \u201cDare I say, it occurred to me [Wednesday] night that this weird strategy is Jordanesque. What do we know about Michael Jordan? He constantly fabricated beefs with rival players and coaches that didn\u2019t even exist to whip himself into a competitive frenzy before game<\/a>s.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bayless said he believes Durant is on his way to becoming the greatest player in the NBA since Jordan, but that \u201che needs to motivate himself by creating some sort of controversy \u2014 this feud \u2014 with media members, especially those that actually \u201clove him the most.\u201d<\/p>\n

Durant, who may or may not have been responding to this TV segment in real-time, tweeted<\/a>, \u201cKnew I needed love but I think I value the hate more\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Being embroiled in a feud with Bayless \u2014 or others, like Colin Cowherd and Stephen A. Smith \u2014 is kind of an unwinnable chess match for star athletes. If they ignore criticism from pundits, it will continue. But, responding gives the subject even bigger oxygen, builds fodder for their shows and convinces their bosses that they are relevant and \u201ccutting through\u201d because star athletes do not respond to nobodies.<\/p>\n

You have to tip your cap to Bayless on the strategy here. Durant\u2019s tweet about hating him was on Tuesday night. Bayless did not respond on Wednesday, presumably knowing that there would be a news<\/a> cycle about the tweet regardless. Instead, Bayless waited until Thursday, at which time he had more time to prepare and was able to reignite the cycle.<\/p>\n

Wheels keep on spinning round, indeed.<\/p><\/div>\n