Durant on OKC: 'I was loyal ... but people tend to forget'

With the basketball world still buzzing about Kevin Durant's criticism of the media during All-Star Weekend, a surprisingly candid interview the reigning NBA MVP had with GQ was released Wednesday.

Durant touched on a number of topics, including his fear of being alone forever after breaking up with his fiancee, becoming a more emotional person with age and his unscripted, unrehearsed MVP acceptance speech, which birthed countless comedic reactions and memes related to his comments regarding his mother.

"I was like, man, that was a real emotional moment for me, and you making a joke about it!" Durant told GQ's Zach Baron. "Like: Damn. Y'all don't really believe in shit. You don't have no morals or nothing. You don't care about nothing but just making fun."

No doubt the most picked apart component of the interview, however, will be Durant's comments about the Thunder and his free agency come 2016.

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Durant wants people to remember that they can't use the loyalty card against him in the event he does end up walking away from Oklahoma City, as he already re-signed there once in 2010.

"I was loyal. If it comes down to that, I mean: I was," Durant said. "My deal's up in 2016. I'll have been here nine years. I could have easily wanted out. I could have easily not signed the extension after my rookie contract. I could have not played as hard every night. But people tend to forget."

Durant signed a five-year extension with the Thunder in 2010, which kicked in the following year.

Like most players, he isn't happy with the double standard that exists when it comes to perceived loyalty.

"When players do stuff that benefits them, they're looked at as unloyal, selfish," he said. "But when a team decides to go the other way and cut a player, or not bring him back or not re-sign him, it's what's best for the team, and that's cool. But what we do is frowned upon, you know?"

As for whether the Thunder were being loyal when they traded James Harden in 2012 or whether the team has done enough for Durant, the four-time scoring champion was as honest as a star player can get given the circumstances.

"Players are paid to do their jobs, no matter who's on the court. And as superstars, you gotta lead what you have. You gotta make them better," Durant said.

"Some players might be better than others. Some teams might be better than others. You gotta do your job, and you gotta trust that the front office is going to do their job. It's hard, though. You know what I'm saying? Because it's like, shit, I want win. Obviously our players aren't as good as, you know, than they were before. But you have to figure it out."

Those comments surely won't be dissected in Oklahoma City.