Was A Secret Dig At Kevin Durant Hidden In Russell Westbrook’s ‘Adopt A Cat’ Shirt?

Look, what we’re about to uncover here today is extremely silly. It’s important that we’re all on the same page here. Russell Westbrook did something that could be a subtle dig and Kevin Durant just as much as it could be the first shirt he could find before leaving the house. We’ll get to that in a second, but first, a quick history lesson.

It feels like years ago because the NBA news cycle runs at a pace quicker than the Steve Nash-era Phoenix Suns, but Kevin Durant’s fake twitter account fiasco this summer featured a string of tweets criticizing Russell Westbrook and the Oklahoma City Thunder. Among those tweets was this gem calling Oklahoma City’s supporting crew ‘cats’. Kevin Durant has since apologized for the comments, but the internet remembers.

Ok, still with me? The Thunder defeated Melbourne United 86-85 in preseason play on Sunday. In his post-game presser, Westbrook wore an interesting shirt. Allow internet investigator Mr. John Michael to explain.

What you’re looking at here, in T-Shirt form, is Russell Westbrook adopting all those cats Kevin Durant couldn’t win with. Can we gather all of that information from a simple T-Shirt? Of course not, but this is the NBA in 2017. Everything and anything is possible, and I find it infinitely more entertaining believing all of this petty behavior is 100% intentional.

Besides, it’s been too quiet on the Kevin Durant vs. Russell Westbrook front for too long. Enes Kanter is in New York now, and for several months there he was the only one doing any talking out of Oklahoma City. The NBA needed someone from the Thunder to pick up where Kanter left off, and if it’s Russell Westbrook, we’re all winners here.

NBA historians will remember that The Starters asked the 2013 NBA All-Stars if Russell Westbrook was more of a cat or dog. This caused quite a debate among the rest of the All-Stars and at the time, Westbrook told The Starters crew that he was actually more of a wolf. So, I suppose you could look at Westbrooks shirt as a roundabout way of answering a very specific question from way back in 2013. Remember what we said about anything being possible?

So which one is it? A shot a Kevin Durant? An answer to a 3-year old question? A shirt he had lying around? You be the judge.