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Kevin Durant defends tweeting with fans after report Steve Kerr wanted him to lay off

Kevin Durant took to Twitter on Tuesday to defend his use of Twitter.

In response to a report out of Matt Sullivan’s book that Steve Kerr wanted him to lay off Twitter, KD responded that “interacting with basketball fans, it should be encouraged.”

Specifically, in an interview with Dan Le Batard and in his book, “Can’t Knock the Hustle,” Sullivan related the story of how Kerr took Durant aside while he was playing for the Warriors. He wanted Durant to lay off Twitter, stop “beefing with kids,” stop “staring at that phone.”

Kerr began the lesson: “You know what I respect about LeBron?