NBA All-Star Kevin Durant let his distaste for the Dallas Cowboys present throughout a TV look this week. Whereas on “Up & Adams,” Durant stated that he would do away with the Cowboys in a hypothetical state of affairs the place the NFL practiced promotion/relegation like worldwide soccer. Durant, a local of Washington, D.C., is a Washington Commanders fan and cheers for a crew that has had a long-lasting and bitter rivalry with Dallas.

Durant defined that his points with the Cowboys do not essentially stem from the crew itself, however from its nationwide fanbase and the way in which others in his native social circle have adopted the Cowboys as their crew as an alternative of remaining trustworthy to the Commanders and the D.C. space.

“I simply do not like ’em. I simply do not,” Durant stated. “And I needed to ask myself why I do not just like the Cowboys. As a result of I do not hate any groups or any gamers. I am an enormous fan of loads of groups. However the Cowboys are the one crew I simply do not like. 

“And I believe it is as a result of lots of people, the place I am from in D.C., have develop into Cowboys’ followers. It is in all probability like 75% of individuals in Washington D.C., in my group of individuals which are Cowboys followers. I simply hate that they do not keep loyal to the crib.”

Out of all of their NFC East opponents, Dallas’ rivalry with Washington has lengthy been probably the most visceral, stemming from former head coach George Allen’s legendary antagonism of Tom Landry’s Cowboys within the Nineteen Seventies. The Cowboys lead the all-time collection 78-48-2.

Durant’s feedback about loyalty are ironic, nonetheless, as he has gained notoriety within the NBA for being one of many league’s greatest turncoats: Durant famously left the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder to affix a stacked Golden State Warriors crew, and he has since performed for the Brooklyn Nets and Phoenix Suns.