"They gon' say I'm looking washed"- Kevin Durant hilariously reacts to Kay Adams' Ja Morant 360 layup request
Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant admired Ja Morant's incredibly athletic 360 layup moves from Monday's game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Brooklyn Nets, but joked that attempting the same move himself would just make him look "washed."
Appearing on Kay Adams' "Up and Adams Show," Durant shared his appreciation for the play and was generous in his praise of Morant's athleticism.
“My goodness, my goodness. The most athletic person I've seen,” he said as he watched replays of Morant’s highlight plays.
When Adams jokingly encouraged Durant to replicate those moves in a game, the two-time NBA champion humorously declined.
“That's when I’ll start looking crazy and I’ll start looking washed,” Durant said. “When I try stuff like that, they gon’ say, I'm looking washed. So I'm gonna stay away from that. I'm gonna just pull up for the mid-range.”
Adams then pointed out that the Suns star usually doesn't worry about others' opinions, to which he replied:
“I mean, if it's kind of true, you know what I'm saying? Like if I try to pull off a 360 layup and again, I just [would] I look trash doing it.”
According to the NBA. clips of Morant’s two layups had generated 161 million views as of Tuesday afternoon, making them the most-viewed clips in the league this season.
Kevin Durant uses Ja Morant meme to clap back at Team USA criticism
During the 2024 Paris Olympics, Kevin Durant and Team USA secured the gold medal, though they faced a tough semifinal challenge from Nikola Jokic’s Serbian team, which led by as much as 17 points before Team USA rallied to win by four.
One X (formerly Twitter) user remarked that Serbia’s near-upset deserved recognition, prompting Durant to ask the user where he was from.
When the same user later celebrated Team USA’s gold medal win, Durant replied with a screenshot of Ja Morant's iconic meme saying, "stay on that side."
Durant, who was instrumental in Team USA's gold-medal victory, finished as the team's third-leading scorer with 13.8 points per game.
During the Paris games, Kevin Durant made history on Tuesday by becoming the Team USA athlete with the most points in Olympic basketball