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Kevin Durant Admits to Regretting Signing with Warriors at First Due to Backlash

Kevin Durant's decision to join the Golden State Warriors in July 2016 has already paid dividends in the form of a Larry O'Brien Trophy.

But in a recent interview with San Francisco Magazine's Jon Steinberg, the reigning NBA Finals MVP and his agent, Rich Kleiman, admitted Durant had some regrets about ditching the Oklahoma City Thunder after initially announcing he was departing for the Bay Area.

"We were all messed up on jet lag," Kleiman said of the duo's trip to China last summer for a promotional tour with Nike, "and I was up at 6 a.