Kevin Durant Makes Shocking Revelations After His Visit To India, But Soon Apologizes For Mistaking His Context
Kevin Durant, an American Basketball player reached his professional pinnacle a little less than two months ago, finally adding an NBA title and Finals MVP to his basketball mantelpiece. His recent visit to India started very well but landed in controversy after he made comments on the country.
Kevin Durant might have taken back many memories from his recent India visit but when asked to describe his experience, the Golden State Warriors star said that though it was a unique experience, he returned with a cultural shock.
“Um, it was a unique experience. I went with no expectation, no view on what it’s supposed to be like. I usually go to places where I at least have a view in my head. India, I’m thinking I’m going to be around palaces and royalty and gold, basically thought I was going to Dubai. Then when I landed there, I saw the culture and how they live and it was rough,” Durant told.
The NBA Finals MVP said that India is a country that is 20 years behind in terms of knowledge.
“It’s a country that’s 20 years behind in terms of knowledge and experience. You see cows in the street, monkeys running around everywhere, hundreds of people on the side of the road, a million cars and no traffic violations. Just a bunch of underprivileged people there and they want to learn how to play basketball. That was really, really dope to me,” he said.
During his visit, Durant held the largest training session of basketball where 3,459 children trained at the same time to make it a Guinness World Record. Later, he went to visit Taj Mahal where he said it was an eye opener how it was built 500 years ago and people come to see it. He narrated an incident which made his opinion about India.
A day after his interview in which he said that India is 20 years behind the world in knowledge and experience appeared, Kevin Durant has apologized for his comments about the country and said that his comments were taken out of context.
He took to Twitter to apologize and wrote,
“Sorry that my comments about India were taken out of context. I’m grateful for the time I’ve got to spend there and I’m really pissed about how my comments come off. That’s my fault. Should’ve worded that better. I spoke about the difference between my imagination and reality there in Delhi and about where the game is compared to the rest of the world.”
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) August 11, 2017
He also clarified that he only spoke about his imagination of India and what he actually saw in New Delhi when he arrived for his visit under the NBA program, adding that he only compared the state of basketball in India and where the game is in the country as compared to the rest of the world.
The Golden State Warriors player also vowed that he will come back to India for more camps and added a “sorry” at the end of his post. “No offense from this side. I’m coming back out there for more camps and cool s***. Sorry….” he tweeted.