"A series of posts and direct messages from the Twitter account @gethigher77 has been screenshotted, circulated, and attributed to Houston Rockets star Kevin Durant. The contents of those screenshots have been compiled here for your browsing ease. The messages from @gethigher77 have a sense of humor roughly congruent with Durant's, indicate familiarity with NBA figures in Durant's orbit, and besmirch Durant's teammates past (Russell Westbrook, Kyrie Irving) and present (Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr.), but none of that would be difficult to fake."
"In 2017, Durant was caught trying to operate a burner: He accidentally tweeted from his main account, referring to himself in the third person, and confessed to doing so. In 2021, the league fined Durant $50,000 for sending Instagram messages with homophobic slurs to actor Michael Rapaport, a target who has become less sympathetic in the years since. In 2023, Durant said he was on the Threads platform with a burner: "Come find me.""
"Shankar: Kevin, there was allegations over the All-Star break that you used a burner account to disparage current and former teammates. The handle for the burner was @gethigher77-is that your account? Did you send the messages? Durant: I know you gotta ask these questions, but I'm not here to get into Twitter nonsense. I'm just here to focus on the season, keep it pushing. But"
Screenshots of posts and direct messages from the Twitter account @gethigher77 circulated and were attributed to Kevin Durant. The messages display humor similar to Durant's, reference NBA figures close to Durant, and insult former teammates Russell Westbrook and Kyrie Irving as well as current Rockets teammates Alperen Sengun and Jabari Smith Jr., though such content could be easily faked. Durant has prior incidents involving burner accounts and social-media controversies, including an accidental tweet in 2017, a 2021 fine for Instagram messages to Michael Rapaport, and a 2023 Threads comment about burners. When questioned, Durant declined to confirm authorship and did not engage with the messages.
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