Kevin Durant upset with teammate for giving Celtics bulletin-board material

Durant was not happy with his teammate’s comments. He said that Brown was talking with “caffeine pride” and added that it would not be easy to match up against Theis and Horford either.

The former Finals MVP Durant also said that there was no need for Brown to “say s–t like that.” He called on his team to “just go out there and hoop.”

This will be Durant’s 11th time in the playoffs, and he knows there is no need to put yourself at a disadvantage before the series has even started by firing up your opponent. Meanwhile, it will only be the 25-year-old Brown’s third career playoff series. He obviously still has a lot to learn.

The Celtics look like a championship contender and were a better team than the Nets almost all season. It will take plenty for Brooklyn to upset them, especially with the bitter history between the two sides. Brown may have just given Boston even more reason to be amped up as well.