Russell Westbrook is headed toward an MVP season. As you’ve probably heard no fewer than 100 times, he is averaging a triple-double, which hasn’t been done over a full season since Oscar Robertson in 1961. The Oklahoma City Thunder are 21-14 and finding success in their first season without Kevin Durant.
It’s possible that Westbrook’s triple-doubles aren’t lost on Durant and his new teammates with Golden State. The Warriors are 30-5, and while Durant’s scoring numbers are slightly down, he’s probably very pleased about being 30-5. So when triple-doubles came up after the Warriors beat the Nuggets 127-119 on Monday, Durant and Draymond Green had fun with it.
This is the saddest subtweet I've ever seen. pic.twitter.com/YkCfr7oMvx
— kyle wagner (@kylenw) January 3, 2017
“I know one thing Draymond doesn’t care about, it’s triple-doubles,” [Durant said.]
“Trust me, if I cared, I’d have a lot more. What do I have? One this year? Two? I’d have a lot more if I cared,” [Green said.]
They may not even be “sub-tweeting” Westbrook, but it’s more fun to assume that’s what’s happening. It’s a weird way to insult someone if that’s what they did. “What a loser! Carrying his team that lost one of the best players in the world and doing so in such spectacular fashion that he may do something that hasn’t been done in more than a half-century! Who cares!”
The Warriors next play the Thunder on Jan. 18 at Oracle Arena. That’ll be fun.
