Drake Recalls Hilarious Kevin Durant Pickup Story After Watching Him Walk Out On IShowSpeed

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Jan 14, 2022; Miami, Florida, USA; Canadian rapper Drake attends the game between the Miami Heat and the Atlanta Hawks at FTX Arena. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro via Imagn Images Nov 12, 2025; Houston, Texas, USA; Houston Rockets forward Kevin Durant (7) on the bench against the Washington Wizards during the fourth quarter at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Erik Williams via Imagn Images
Drake came across a clip of Kevin Durant dipping mid-pickup game with IShowSpeed after falling behind quickly.

Even if you have won at many things in life like Drake has, sometimes you can still get shown up. The Boy was reminded of a time he hilariously got humbled by Kevin Durant during a game of pickup basketball. The memory clicked after watching the NBA forward walk out of game early with streaming star IShowSpeed.

"KD walked off on me just like this at UCLA and asked me to never invite him to a run again after he hit 4 threes in a row to end the game in another NBA players face." He left that comment underneath a HouseOfHighlights post resurfacing IShowSpeed's latest episode of Speed Goes Pro per Complex.

In the case of Speed, him and the Slim Reaper teamed up for a two-on-two game. However, they quickly fell behind 5-0. Sealing the deal for Durant to take his shoes off mid-game was when Speed missed a wide-open, point-blank floater.

"It was fun playing with y'all man," Durant told his competitors while leaving the YouTuber high and dry. "That layup, I just can't do it," he told hilariously told Speed. "Next show I got you," he added.

Drake Kevin Durant Friendship

But despite KD's cold-blooded walk-off on Drake, they have remained close pals for years. In fact, their friendship lately has had folks online interested, to say the least. A lot of that stems from Drizzy falling out with LeBron James during the Kendrick Lamar beef.

He believed that The King betrayed him by supporting the Compton MC at his Pop Out concert, and constantly getting down to "Not Like Us," for example. It led Drake to subliminally retaliate on "What Did I Miss?" one of the potential singles for ICEMAN.

Folks believe Drake is only showing a stronger allegiance to KD because of this. However, to the future Hall of Fame inductee's credit, he has shown to be a standup guy. For instance, moments after Lamar dissed Drake during the Super Bowl Halftime Show, Durant said he didn't really pay much attention to it.

Moreover, he was recently spotted playing with the Canadian rapper's son, Adonis.

About The Author
Zachary Horvath is one of the Music Freelance News Writers at HotNewHipHop and has held that title since August 2023. Prior to this position, he held another freelance gig covering local high school football, girls and boys varsity basketball, in addition to recapping Cleveland Cavaliers games remotely. He's taken the previous experience and used it to become a jack of all trades at HotNewHipHop. Zach has thoroughly enjoyed tackling some of the trending topics in sports, with a larger focus on hip-hop and pop culture. Some of those include Bronny James's draft stock, a multitude of angles swirling around the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef, as well as Diddy's arrest and lawsuits. Separate from the headlines that everyone wants to hear about, he was fortunate enough to help spread Zaytoven's current thoughts at the time around mid-December in 2023. Even though being able to give his expertise on these stories is fulfilling, being able to share his passion for releases trumps that ever so slightly. Having the chance to express his excitement indirectly about what he thinks our readers should be checking out/revisiting grows his passion for writing that much more.

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