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Kevin Durant admits to 'childish' and 'idiotic' tweets ripping former team

  • Warriors star confesses to Twitter misstep on Tuesday at tech conference

  • Durant had ripped his former team in third person from official account

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Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant fessed up to a Twitter misstep on Tuesday in San Francisco. Photograph: Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch

Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant admitted on Tuesday to posting comments on Twitter that were critical of his former team and coach.

The eight-time NBA All-Star sent the tweets on Sunday in response to a fan who asked for “one legitimate reason” for Durant’s decision to leave the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Warriors in July 2016. Writing in the third person, Durant responded by saying “he didn’t like the organization or playing for Billy Donovan” and that “his roster wasn’t that good, it was just him and [Russell Westbrook].”

Eagle-eyed users on the social networking platform quickly noticed the responses came from Durant’s verified feed and not, as likely intended, from an anonymous burner account.