Russell Westbrook Finally Told The World How He Found Out Kevin Durant Was Leaving The Thunder

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When Kevin Durant left the Oklahoma City Thunder to join the Golden State Warriors juggernaut, it left his former running partner Russell Westbrook in the lurch as the lone superstar on the Thunder. In the wake of Durant’s move, there has been plenty of chatter about the relationship between Durant and Westbrook. If you are looking for some fuel to add to that fire, it turns out Westbrook found out Durant was leaving the Thunder via social media.

Westbrook finally discussed how he found out Durant was bolting Oklahoma City during the press conference announcing his extension Thursday afternoon. Clearly, nobody let Westbrook know about his superstar former teammate’s plans. Not the Thunder nor Durant himself, just some savvy basketball folks on Twitter. The extrapolation here would be that this is another sign of strife between Durant and Westbrook, who once formed one of the league’s closest partnerships.

As Westbrook made clear today, though, that’s clearly not the case.

It will be interesting to see Durant finding his flow on a loaded Warriors team. It will be interesting to see Westbrook explode and try to destroy the league by himself. It will also be interesting to see Durant and Westbrook face off during this season. Even if they are still friends, despite the way Westbrook found out Durant was leaving, their first ever meeting as opponents should certainly be intense.

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