Hindsight is 20/20, and Brooklyn Nets fans surely have plenty of it when comparing the diverging paths of their team and the New York Knicks as the latter prepare for the Eastern Conference Finals.

Kevin Durant has never been one to back down from a debate on social media, and on Sunday, he found himself at the center of another NBA Twitter storm. This time, the topic was the recent resurgence of the New York Knicks and whether Durant’s decision to choose the Brooklyn Nets in 2019 played an indirect role in it.

The New York Knicks have made it to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2000 after dispatching the Boston Celtics in six games. The Knicks had been somewhat of a laughing stock for much of the last two decades or so, but have turned things around in recent years.