Like just about everyone else, Russell Westbrook was under the impression that he’d be playing alongside Kevin Durant for at least another season.
KD’s shocking departure this summer was especially hurtful to his All-Star teammate, and the relationship is likely forever altered.
Durant, according to the latest report, had assured Westbrook that he’d re-sign with the OKC Thunder during his free agency whirlwind.
Per ESPN (via NBC):
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.
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