The bad news just keeps on rolling in for the Golden State Warriors.
As the Warriors go through their roughest stretch in years, Kevin Durant is feeling the effects of it too. That would be because the reigning Finals MVP has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for cursing a Dallas Mavericks fan out during the team's recent loss to them on Saturday night, as Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports reports.
Golden State forward Kevin Durant will be fined $25,000 for telling a heckling fan to “watch the fucking game and shut the fuck up” during Sunday’s loss to Dallas, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) November 20, 2018
If you did not see the video of Durant telling the fan to shut up (with expletives), here it is.
This is what happens when you trash talk KD courtside...
— Dime (@DimeUPROXX) November 20, 2018
📹: @NBA_Reddit pic.twitter.com/YiarOvWo5G
In the past week alone, the Warriors have lost four of their past five games, Draymond Green has had a verbal altercation with Durant, Green got suspended for that verbal altercation and now the Warriors are playing without both Green and Stephen Curry as they try to snap their losing skid.
Making matters even more complicated is that it's unclear if Durant and Green truly resolved their differences considering Draymond never apologized for his comments towards Durant towards the end of that loss versus the Los Angeles Clippers last Monday night.
This has all resulted in the team struggling, head coach Steve Kerr saying the team is in disharmony right now and major questions regarding whether or not Durant will return to the Warriors in 2019 as he is likely to enter the offseason as a free agent.
It's a weird time to be a member of the Warriors, but it's definitely become an enjoyable period for the rest of the NBA to sit back and watch as Golden State loses its collective cool.