Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton Gets Involved With Kevin Durant Twitter Battle

Dec 19, 2024; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant (35) shoots the ball against Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton (0) during the third quarter at Footprint Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

Two-time All-Star Indiana Pacers point guard Tyrese Haliburton, while laid up recovering from an Achilles tendon rupture this summer, has weighed in on a recent Kevin Durant Twitter battle.

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The trouble began fan @DimeDropperPod called out the now-Houston Rockets All-Star power forward for not taking enough shots on his own teams, citing the reality that he hasn't led one of his squads in field goal attempts since 2018.

30k points on low fga. Ima coaches dream. Dime dropper, I mastered scoring at 24 years old man. Give it a rest, I don’t care about being the best scorer ever. You are diminishing my all time greatness callin me that

— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) August 9, 2025

"Greatest scorer ever my ass. [Y'all] like efficiency more than what’s needed to win," wrote @DimeDropperPod.

An incensed Durant backed up his prolific output on more minimal field goal tries.

"30k [30,000] points on low [field goal attempts," Durant wrote. "[I'm a coach's dream. Dime dropper, I mastered scoring at 24 years old man. Give it a rest, I don't care about being the best scorer ever. You are diminishing my all time greatness [calling] me that."

To be precise, Durant has scored 30,571 career regular season points across a 17-year pro career. He has also notched 4,985 career playoff points in 13 playoff runs (notably not including this past season with the Phoenix Suns).

The 6-foot-11 superstar, 36, remains one of the best players in the game — even if his health and on-court impact preclude him from quite being the player who earned the 2014 MVP award while he was plying his trade for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Last year, Durant appeared in 62 games for the rudderless 36-46 Suns, averaging 26.6 points on .527/.430/.839 shooting splits, 6.0 rebounds and 4.2 assists a night.

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Haliburton posted a somewhat ambiguous meme quote-tweeting Durant. This writer's instinct is that the 6-foot-5 Iowa State product is ultimately supporting the two-time Finals MVP, backing up a mic drop moment. But it's somewhat unclear.

https://t.co/l6LKsxBx0o pic.twitter.com/A7pxtOB1Q1

— Tyrese Haliburton (@TyHaliburton22) August 10, 2025

Haliburton, who was teammates with Durant on the gold medal-winning Team USA men's basketball squad at last summer's 2024 Paris Olympics, may be backing up the play here.

Haliburton, too, has been the subject of criticism, albeit for totally different on-court reasons. He is a pass-first player and likes to defer when possible. Although he's a frequent triple-double threat, Haliburton will not be breaking scoring records any time soon.

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