The young Oklahoma City Thunder team has continued to improve season after season. Â However there’s been a lot of controversy about the roles of the players mainly Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. Â Many felt Westbrook wasn’t playing the role of a point guard, taking way more shots instead of passing them to Durant. Â Well according to the Thunder organization outsiders aren’t the only ones criticizing Westbrook, they also have a problem with Kendrick Perkins treatment of him. Â Read more after the jump.
As much as coach Scott Brooks chafes at GM Sam Presti’s meddling, his presence in the locker room, and his demands that the Thunder continue to improve from within, the organization is a lot more concerned with how Kendrick Perkins treats Russell Westbrook.
After arriving from the Celtics last season and being looked at as the veteran leader Oklahoma City needed to take the next step to compete for a title, Perkins went hard at Westbrook with his verbal criticisms, often saying that the Thunder’s playmaker couldn’t match Rajon Rondo as a playmaker. Those words didn’t sit well with Westbrook, who already had been criticized for shooting too much and was the subject of a benching heard-round-the-NBA when the Thunder played the Mavs in June.
