NBA All-Star Kevin Durant let his distaste for the Dallas Cowboys present throughout a TV look this week. Whereas on “Up & Adams,” Durant mentioned that he would eliminate 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 staff 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 staff itself, however from its nationwide fanbase and the way in which others in his native social circle have adopted the Cowboys as their staff as a substitute of remaining trustworthy to the Commanders and the D.C. space.

“I simply don’t love ’em. I simply do not,” Durant mentioned. “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 quite a lot of groups. However the Cowboys are the one staff I simply don’t love. 

“And I believe it is as a result of lots of people, the place I am from in D.C., have turn out to be 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 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 largest turncoats: Durant famously left the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder to affix a stacked Golden State Warriors staff, and he has since performed for the Brooklyn Nets and Phoenix Suns.