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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Kevin Durant spoke candidly with The Washington Post about his shyness, critics and a potential rap album. (Noah Graham/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kevin Durant opened up about his inherent shyness, the things that irk him about critics and the potential for a rap album in the next year in a candid conversation from the Ritz-Carlton in his native Washington D.C. with &lt;em&gt;The Washington Post's&lt;/em&gt; Michael Lee.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On the compliment that he sees more as an insult:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One thing I can tell you is, I get upset now when people say, KD, Anthony Davis, Kryie Irving, they are going to be good for the league down the line. I don\u2019t like that. Because I think I\u2019m established now. My time is now. I feel as though I\u2019ve proved myself these last five years that I can be one of the top players in the league. I\u2019ve got a long way to go to being the ultimate best, but I think my time is now. And I\u2019m starting to enter my prime. I\u2019ve heard a few times, in three or four years, this league is going to be yours, and I feel as though I\u2019m competing with the top guys in the league right now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On overcoming his shyness to play basketball:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The thing that I was more concerned about is that I was just so shy. I didn\u2019t want to look dumb. She told me don\u2019t worry about that. You can\u2019t let other people dictate how you live. She gave me a whole little speech. I said, why not? I thought I could be funny in it. Just go out there and be myself. I want people to see another side of me that they don\u2019t see on the basketball court. I said, hey, why not? Knocked it out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On the possibility of releasing a rap album in the next two years:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I think I\u2019m going to do something. I have some resources and some nice people that\u2019s going to help me out. I have a studio in my house already. Maybe I might put out a little something and have a little something.Immediately following a tough loss to the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals, Durant set off to London as a member of the U.S. men's basketball team, taking home gold in a win over Spain. Shortly after returning to the States, he starred in &lt;em&gt;Thunderstuck&lt;/em&gt;, which premiered in August in movie theaters across America.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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