Kevin Durant admits to sending tweets that criticized Thunder but denies using secret Twitter account

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September 19, 2017 10:52 PM

Kevin Durant said he looked like an "idiot" for sending critical tweets about the Thunder that led to speculation that he used a secret Twitter account.

Two days after appearing to send critical tweets in the third person about the Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant owned up to his mistake.

A Twitter user on Sunday took screenshots of since-deleted tweets from Durant's Twitter account in which he said that he left the Thunder because he didn't want to play for head coach Billy Donovan and the team didn't have enough depth.

The tweets and wording immediately fueled speculation that Durant used a second Twitter account under another name to reply to critical fans.

On Tuesday, after admitting to his mistake at the TechCrunch conference, Durant told USA Today's Sam Amick that he was being a "total [expletive] idiot" when he sent the tweets and he regretted it.

"No, (there’s) no different account. I was just on there talking ... I fell asleep watching football. I woke up, had charged my phone, and I just happened to look on Twitter. And I see (the person’s comment that sparked his response), and I just don’t remember it. I remember what I said and how I said it, but I just forget everything else. I forgot everything else. I was only focused on that convo, and that was unfortunate. I look like an idiot."

Durant said he hasn't eaten or slept since the incident. He said reached out to Donovan to apologize and said he deserves ridicule from the incident.

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