Kevin Durant Bashes Oklahoma City Thunder On Twitter

Golden State Warriors superstar Kevin Durant raised questions after he bashed the Oklahoma City Thunder in the third-person during a Twitter exchange Sunday. The superstar deleted the tweets, which prompted speculation of alternative social media accounts possibly used to troll users and defend himself.

The tweets came from Durant's verified account @KDTrey5, and were abruptly deleted. The conversation started after a user tweeted at Durant and questioned his departure from the Thunder. He appeared to blame his former Thunder teammate Russell Westbrook and former coach Billy Donovan.

"Man I respect the hell outta you but give me one legitimate reason for leaving okc other than getting a championship," one user wrote to Durant.

"He didn’t like the organization or playing for Billy Donovan," Durant’s account responded. "His roster wasn’t that good, it was just him and russ."

"Imagine taking russ off that team, see how bad they were. Kd can’t win a championship with those cats,” Durant’s account wrote to a separate user.

Durant's tweets perhaps stemmed from his decision to leave the Thunder after nine years and join the Warriors last offseason. For years, the All-Star attempted to carry his former team to the championship but never succeeded. Durant and then-teammate Westbrook fell short of defeating the Warriors in the 2016 NBA Western Conference Finals — they took a 3-1 lead but lost in seven games.

During free agency last year, Durant left to the Warriors, who had just notched an NBA record for most wins at 73. Many suggested he and Westbrook feuded behind the scenes, which possibly pushed his departure. Westbrook famously posted a picture of cupcakes, July 4, the day Durant announced his Warriors deal. He reportedly jokingly called teammates he considered "soft" in the locker room.

The internet responded to Durant’s seemingly odd online behavior after he admitted he deleted the messages. Some users suggested the Warriors forward sometimes used an alternative account to defend himself online.

Fans criticized Durant and implied he took the easy way out after he joined a team with a championship roster, and the NBA Finals MVP appeared to be sensitive about the disapproval. Durant released a Nike shoe embossed with random anti-Durant slander Tuesday, which appeared to be crossed out.

"His move to Golden State, that overshadowed who he was as a player and what he can do. It's nice that he's getting recognized again," Leo Chang, Nike Basketball design director, told ESPN's Nick DePaula Wednesday. "If you talk to him about basketball, he just talks about the 'purity of the game' and that flow. He's getting that there. If you look at the way the basketball moves on that team, it's very unselfish and everyone gets a touch. The guy with the highest percentage in their spot is going to get the ball."

He added: "It's about basketball for him. The purity of the game, he keeps talking about it. That's what people should love him for. "He's out to play great basketball and get better as a basketball player, and that's what he's going to choose to do. Don't hate him for that."