A Fan Told Kevin Durant To Keep Shooting, And His Answer Was "Go On YouTube"

Kevin Durant posing during an event© Instagram/@easymoneysniper

Kevin Durant was in the middle of a game on Monday night when a fan yelled at him from courtside. The message was simple: keep shooting. Durant's answer was even simpler. He told the fan to go on YouTube and watch his workouts, and a short time later he made a basket right in front of him. The Rockets went on to beat the Celtics 109-93 and move to 7-1, but the clip is what people are talking about. It also comes with a bigger question about why Durant isn't shooting more.

The Courtside Fan And The YouTube Answer

The fan was Sami, a 21-year-old basketball content creator who goes by @sami_fa3. Boston kept sending extra defenders at Durant, so Sami made his pitch. “KD, you just gotta keep shooting, man,” he said. “Don't matter if they got two on you. They can't hold you!”

Durant turned and answered in one line. “Go on YouTube and watch me workout, if you wanna see that.”

Sami took it literally. He pulled out his phone and looked up Durant's workout videos while the game went on, and he wasn't impressed. “It's not the same, bro,” he told the camera. Then Durant knocked down a shot in front of him, and he didn't need to say a word.

It wasn't his only tense moment that night. After the game, a reporter asked about his low shot count, and Durant pushed back. “Why does that matter to you? I'm curious… We won the game. Why are you singling me out?” He asked if the reporter had a camera on him all game, and said they had just won a basketball game.

Why Durant Is Shooting Less

Against Boston, he took six shots, made five and finished with 12 points. The game before, against the Thunder, he took nine. This season he's averaging about 12.25 shots a game, down from a career average of 18.6 and the lowest since his rookie year.

Boston planned for him. Jayson Tatum and Sam Hauser guarded him, and extra defenders showed up whenever he got the ball. That left room for Alperen Sengun, who made 12 of 15 shots and scored 26 points, with 10 assists and seven rebounds.

Coach Ime Udoka has built the offense around passers like Sengun, Fred VanVleet and Jabari Smith Jr. When they start the play, the ball swings from side to side. When it goes through Durant, it often slows down, because he likes to take his time and teammates who were cutting end up watching. That may be why Houston looks smoother when he plays off the ball.

It hasn't hurt him. Durant is shooting 53.1% from the field and 40.7% from three, and he is averaging 20.8 points. The Rockets are 7-1 across the regular season and the NBA Cup, and they sit at the top of the West.

For now, Durant has a simple answer for anyone who asks: the team won.