Phoenix Suns superstar Kevin Durant wants to help the NBA in revamping its viewership amid Christmas Day success.

The NBA has a ratings problem. Or it doesn’t. It sort of depends on who you ask. Heading into the holiday week, the narrative was that ratings were down, but after putting up huge numbers across five games on Christmas—including a Warriors-Lakers match-up that was the most-watched regular season game in five years—people are largely feeling a bit better about the state of the sport.

Phoenix Suns' superstar Kevin Durant loved the 6-of-6 start from 3 in Wednesday’s 110-100 Christmas win Wednesday over the Denver Nuggets at Footprint Center. He isn’t so sure the fans enjoyed it. “We know the fans hate 3s, but we generated a lot of ...

Television viewership is down from this time a year ago. This matters to Kevin Durant, a 14-time All-Star who's seen what the NBA can do.

Shortly thereafter, Durant logged onto X and started firing off posts, many of which were directed at fans complaining about the NBA. The first post was in response to a user lamenting the fact that San Antonio Spurs big man Victor Wembanyama and New York Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns shot threes over each other instead of dunking on each other.

Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant and Denver Nuggets guard Russell Westbrook were one of the NBA’s most electric duos during their time as teammates on the Okla

This is a day where fans don’t have much going on and all sitting around the [Christmas] tree and fireplace and [in the] kitchen watching games together,” the Phoenix Suns star said

Kevin Durant said there's "more than just one reason" for decline in NBA TV viewers than just players. Duane Rankin

But Phoenix Suns superstar Kevin Durant can't seem to wrap his head around people pointing fingers at the players for the league's declining ratings. Instead, the former league MVP thinks the game has just hit a temporary "rough patch.