We have yet another report about the Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook relationship. The first report said Westbrook was “ticked off” that Durant left and he is ready to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder by himself. In the second report, Durant himself said he and Westbrook did not talk about Russell’s future prior to his departure, that he hasn’t really spoken to Westbrook since he left and that their relationship will probably never be the same. The third report said Westbrook was angry that Durant left and he was hurt because KD didn’t tell him personally that he was leaving. This latest report now says Durant told Westbrook he was coming back to continue playing with OKC.
According to ESPN.com’s Royce Young on ESPN’s TrueHooppodcast (h/t NBC Sports’ Dan Feldman), Westbrook was under the impression Durant was coming back to OKC during a conversation at a dinner they had prior to Durant’s free agency meetings.
Three weeks ago, Kevin Durant’s sitting there at dinner, telling him “Hey, I’m coming back, man. Don’t worry about it.” And now, Russell Westbrook has been kind of thrown into this in having to decide his future a summer earlier than expected.
Kevin Durant, more so than even that, was telling people, “Hey, yeah, I mean I’m coming back.” Like I said in there, a week before Kevin Durant sat down in the Hamptons, he was in Oklahoma City ready to make an offer on a multi-million-dollar house. So, the guy was pretty serious about coming back, and then things turned rather quickly for him to leave. And there’s no doubt that the organization felt a little bit burned by this.
During the season Durant said all the right things about OKC, the team and the community, leading many to believe he was coming back. Others thought it was just standard to say while still with the team. Since he’s chosen the Warriors, I’ve heard other reports that Durant been knew he wanted to join them. So what’s the truth? We may never know or maybe we’ll find out years from now like when Kobe started revealing truths before he retired.
