No Beef between Russy and KD

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Russell Westbrook tells Yahoo! Sports that there’s no beef between himself and Kevin Durant (despite fans and media happily promoting the perception that there is), and says there’s nothing but positivity in the OKC Thunder locker room: “Russell Westbrook shot too much and didn’t pass enough during the Oklahoma City Thunder’s playoff run. At least, that’s what his critics said. Westbrook didn’t exactly agree with them. Westbrook also argued with his coach, Scott Brooks, and his star teammate, Kevin Durant, on the court, leading to speculation that he was feuding with both. And when the Thunder were eliminated by the Dallas Mavericks, Westbrook shouldered most of the blame. In the two months since, Westbrook hasn’t lost much sleep worrying about the criticism. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook have kept in touch regularly during the offseason. ‘I refuse to let myself do that,’ Westbrook [said]. ‘I’ve been working too hard to get to the position we were in last season to worry about anything somebody else was saying.’ … Westbrook averaged 26.7 points the last three games of the West finals while Durant averaged 25.3 as the Thunder lost each game and were eliminated. Westbrook said his shooting was never an issue with the Thunder. ‘My family and teammates had my back,; said Westbrook, who averaged 23.8 points, 6.4 assists and 4.6 turnovers during the playoffs. “That’s all that mattered. I didn’t [discuss it] unless I was asked about it [by the media]. Other than that, we never really discussed it. We were winning. As a team we were getting better each round. That’s all I was worrying about. Westbrook and Durant have both denied there’s a rift between them, and Westbrook said he and Durant have been in communication regularly since the season ended. The team was more concerned about Westbrook’s turnovers than his shooting.”

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Ehh, I figured there wouldn't be any to crazy of problems.

 

[Mexi]

probably no beef
but i dont believe for a second that Kevin didnt think Russ was shooting too much
kevin is too nice to cause trouble

keep shooting Russ, keep shooting. it's YOUR team, not Kevin's. YOURS

lol

 

[Elite]

Considering all the defenses were focused on not allowing KD to touch the ball, who the hell else is gonna take the shots?

 

[Rios15]

Considering all the defenses were focused on not allowing KD to touch the ball, who the hell else is gonna take the shots?

KDs good enough to still get the ball though. Lebron didn't stop getting the ball in Cleveland when he was almost their only option in Cleveland.

 

[Elite]

That's because he brought it up the court a lot of the time, KD doesn't really do that

 

[Mooche]

KD should have seen the ball in those clutch moments. The guy is good enough to make his own shot, I don't care if the focus is on him, I want the ball in his hands.

 

[Mexi]

not just KD, bleacher

Russell was ball hogging like crazy
so many instances where im watching the game and instantly knew, no one else is touching that ball as he dribbled down court

 

[BwareDWare94]

Yeah, Westbrook needs to shoot A LOT less. He single-handedly derailed OKC against Dallas and damn near cost them the Memphis series.

By the way, that sucked when OKC won the Memphis series. Memphis would have been a much bigger challenge to Dallas.