Kevin Durant, Joel Embiid and more NBA stars hear from haters as part of Jimmy Kimmel's 'Mean Tweets'

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Jordan Greer
Kevin Durant, Joel Embiid and more NBA stars hear from haters as part of Jimmy Kimmel's 'Mean Tweets' image

It's one of the NBA's finest annual traditions: forcing the league's biggest stars to read insulting comments from people they don't know.

Ahead of Game 1 of the 2019 NBA Finals, Jimmy Kimmel shared an NBA version of his popular "Mean Tweets" segment. It kicks off with Warriors forward Kevin Durant being called, well, a lot of things.

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But don't worry, KD. You weren't the only one who had to face the hate.

(Warning: Definitely some NSFW language in the video. It is "Mean Tweets," after all.)

Gotta say, not a ton of originality here.

"Karl-Anthony Towns looks like he's yawning when he yells." Does that even qualify as mean? It's just an observation.

Back to the drawing board, tweeters. Come back stronger next season.