Now annoyed Kevin Durant takes a shot at Steve Kerr

Maybe Kevin Durant was just displaying the annoyance attached to a blowout loss. Or maybe the soon-to-be free agent superstar revealed another hint he’s not as happy in Golden State as he used to be.

Following a stunning, 128-95 home loss to the struggling Celtics on Tuesday night — in which Boston scored the first 11 points, and the Warriors committed a season-high 22 turnovers — Steve Kerr offered seemingly harmless commentary on what went wrong for the two-time defending champions.

“It starts with a passion, and an anger and an intensity, and it wasn’t there tonight,” Kerr told reporters.

When Durant was informed of Kerr’s remarks, the forward took an unexpected swipe at his coach.

“I thought we move off of joy?” Durant responded, citing a common Kerr phrase; the coach has emphasized how the team needs to play joyfully. “Now it’s anger? OK. I disagree with that one. I think all around, top to bottom, coaches, players, we just gotta be better.”

Before the two-minute media session was over, Durant displayed anger.

When he was asked an innocuous question about the team’s defense — which opened with a reporter bringing up defensive-focused assistant coach Ron Adams, and the role he played in Durant joining Golden State —the 30-year-old interrupted, still bothered by any reminder that he joined a team which didn’t need him.

“We’re still talking about me coming here?” said Durant, who joined a team that had won an NBA title and set an all-time record with 73 wins, in the two seasons prior to him leaving Oklahoma City.

“It’s about how we’re all dealing with it,” Durant said. “The whole team, the whole organization. We’re family, right? That’s how we operate. I don’t think anybody in that locker room is anything but upset with the game we played. Not just Ron Adams.”

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