Suns star Kevin Durant seemed to take great offense to the narrative that overseas players are trained better than Americans. The NBA MVP award is continuously going to international players these days.

To be more specific, the last seven NBA MVPs have been international players, including Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Canada) this year.

“Most of these successful international guys either are influenced heavily by American basketball culture, played high school ball in America, some even went to college here,” Durant posted on social media. “This whole convo is trash, basketball is a universal language, some people have different dialect. Some states teach the game different than other states, who says there’s a perfect way to teach the game?”

Anthony Edwards scored 30 points in 30 minutes and the Timberwolves beat the Thunder by 42 in Game 3 of the West finals.

Not a bad night at the office.

“That’s what we need him to do, and when he does it, it takes us to another level,” coach Chris Finch said of Edwards, via ESPN’s Dave McMenamin. “I thought that’s what was really big in the first quarter. He got a couple of those steals. He was all over the place. He knew that we needed that type of start from our defense, and he brought it. It was really, really good.”

Edwards scored 16 of his points in the first quarter as it was blowout city right from the start.

“I feel like the second game I was in a rhythm, it was just my trey ball wasn’t falling,” Edwards said. “Just getting back in the gym, watching shots go in and just keep trusting it. That’s all.”