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“Bah! Humbug!”

This is what I imagine Kevin Durant mumbles to himself after every foul call he doesn’t agree with during games. It also seems to represent the doctrine that Durant has adopted heading into this season because, at the time of this publication, the “Durantula” has had his web snapped three times.

That’s right — KD has earned more ejections in just one season than he has in his entire 10-year career! It’s easy to jump right into questioning Durant’s emotional stability, but he acknowledged following his altercation with notorious hot-head New Orleans Pelicans’ center DeMarcus Cousins on Monday that he has to be better (via Nick Friedell of ESPN.com):

"“I got to be more focused, I got to be more poised,” Durant added. “I can’t let anybody take me off my game. I’ve been in the league too long. Especially somebody like Cousins, we know that he’s feisty, we know that he’s emotional. We know that he plays that way so I can’t get involved in that. That’s who he is, I got to be me.”"

He went on to follow up those comments with this classic overture:

"“We got in each other’s faces, but that’s just how it is, you know what I’m saying? It’s late in the game. Every time I get ejected I make sure it’s late in the game. I’m not messing up like that in the first or second quarter — make sure it’s late in the game if I want to do something."

At least we know he’s putting some thought into these ejections, right?

Although it may not seem like Durant is human given the incredible way he plays, he still is and, therefore, he can be allowed to mess up like the rest of us. But, as the old adage goes, “only time will tell” when it comes to seeing how he will respond to his “meaner” persona.

I, for one, as a Maryland native, support the DMV product and his new demeanor, but if he doesn’t shape up now, it could become a little more problematic (i.e., senseless suspensions) as the season wears on.