LBS- Anthony Morrow played with the Thunder for two and a half seasons between 2014-2017 and was there before and after Durant left. He talked with Sam Amico of AmicoHoops.net about the situation and said Westbrook was not the reason for Durant’s departure.
“It wasn’t as much to do with Russ as the media made it look like at all, I know that for a fact,” Morrow told Amico Hoops. “He wanted to build on his legacy, he wanted to win. He felt like we tried, 10 years, it ain’t work… I could tell you that that’s how he was thinking about that.” ----- First and foremost, I can't believe this is still being discussed. We're in the midst of the 2019 playoffs. There is more than enough topical...well...topics for a reputable basketball personality and a former NBA player to fill a full podcast without having to circle back to a feud that's been put though the news cycle so many goddamn times that the main point has been faded beyond recognition. That main point, for the record, isn't that Kevin Durant broke up with Russell Westbrook after eight years like his relationship with a high school sweetheart finally soured or some shit. After all, with his passive aggressive reaction to his teammate's aggressively passive departure, Russell Westbrook made it more about Russell Westbrook than KD ever did. That being said, you can't leave your running mate in the dust after damn near a decade together to join the championship team whose heels you just fell short in nipping at and not have him take it personally, especially when said running mate takes literally every perceived slight personally. I guess the question I'd ask in response to a subject that's been beaten to death 300x over is whether or not basic human nature is some media-spun narrative? Kevin Durant's decision to hook a quick left on the easy road without so much as putting on his blinker as a warning to the guy who was riding in the lane alongside him was bound to piss off said guy. That guy happened to be Russell Westbrook, who got slapped in the face by the implication/reality that he wasn't seen as a good enough architect to help build upon KD's legacy. So no, it wasn't as much about Russell Westbrook as everyone made it out to be, but it was pretty goddamn close.
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