How would KD know if he was about to get jumped or not? Yeah, the crowd may have been showing him love, but that does not mean that dudes were not lining him up without his knowledge. It's almost like both things can be true at the same time.
Honestly, I don't know if KD would even recognize when he's not safe, outside of a flat out confrontation.
Did you listen to what Joe said or are you just going off of KD's reply?
Joe says literally " they were so upset, that they chased him out of the Rucker, and he had to run to the truck "..
The way Joe tells the story, there's no in between or KD wouldn't know guys were lining him up.