"You will hopefully forgive the vagueness there, as we don't really know if Durant is behind the accounts. But also, including proper nouns doesn't make the story much easier to follow: A Twitter user named Pranav Sriraman made a post about how much he disliked the design of the Larry O'Brien trophy, which drew a counter-complaint about the posture of complaining itself from Durant, which Sriraman countered by asking Durant about his investment in Skydio, which sells drones to the IDF,"
"Eamon is from Minneapolis, so we also talked about the occupation of the city by ICE, the ways in which athletes have and have not met the moment, and why the murder of Alex Pretti got so many athletes to speak out for the first time in what feels like six years. For those curious about the link between 2020 and 2026, Eamon's reporting on the PMC-ification of private security is essential reading."
NBA All-Star weekend featured leaked anonymous Twitter DMs allegedly linked to Kevin Durant. A Twitter user named Pranav Sriraman criticized the Larry O'Brien trophy design and Durant replied about the posture of complaining. Sriraman then asked Durant about an investment in Skydio, a drone company that sells to the IDF, which Durant dodged. An anonymous account @basedfrog23 posted alleged DMs from "KDF," and additional users posted more messages with extreme content. Harry Krinsky contacted people connected to the saga and gathered information despite failing to secure voice-distorted interviews. Eamon Whalen noted that Durant's Skydio investment has received little mainstream scrutiny and connected the controversy to Minneapolis ICE occupation, athlete responses to the murder of Alex Pretti, and the PMC-ification of private security.
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