NBA Exec: Wesbtook was leaving OKC even if Durant stayed

[StrengthAndHonor]

This definitely brings new light, doesn't it? I don't know how anyone can fault Durant for leaving Oklahoma. He put OKC in the map if we're being honest and his decision is no different than Lebron leaving a 66 win team to join a championship player like Wade.



“He’s gone after this year,” said one league executive about Westbrook. “A hundred percent. I think that’s the case no matter what (Durant had decided). I guess people can always change their mind, but I think this season was going to be it for him there no matter what.”

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/242716/Exec-Westbrook-Hundred-Percent-Gone-From-Thunder-No-Matter-Durants-Decision

[Clipper Nation]

Again, this is Durbeta's people leaking this bullshit about Westbrook, which the front office of a team that wants Westbrook is all too happy to spread anonymously to try to cause friction between Russ and the Thunder. Anyone who buys this is truly gullible.

Even after leaving OKC, KD still can't help but hide behind Westbrook and try to let him take all the blame.

[Tully365]

Maybe we'll read about it in a memoir after both are retired...

But if Durant & Westbrook have had conversations where Westbrook said he was leaving, it would hard to find fault with Durant's decision...

[Clipper Nation]

Maybe we'll read about it in a memoir after both are retired...

But if Durant & Westbrook have had conversations where Westbrook said he was leaving, it would hard to find fault with Durant's decision...
Actually, Westbrook was pushing hard for Durbeta to stay:

Fellow "founding fathers" Russell Westbrook and Nick Collison had met with Durant prior to that, having dinner with him. They tried to reinforce how important staying together is, how they are on the verge of something truly special. Westbrook largely led the charge.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/16791990/nba-changes-led-kevin-durant-departure-oklahoma-city-thunder

[K...]

Maybe we'll read about it in a memoir after both are retired...

But if Durant & Westbrook have had conversations where Westbrook said he was leaving, it would hard to find fault with Durant's decision...

You have a weird relationship with this issue. No one blames him from leaving Westbrook. We blame him for knowingly destroying competitiveness. He chose to not only decline leadership of a team (okc, Boston,-wizards), but he chose the most beta role available, because his shoe company and promotional agents wanted him to. There's no hero here.

[sasaint]

You have a weird relationship with this issue. No one blames him from leaving Westbrook. We blame him for knowingly destroying competitiveness. He chose to not only decline leadership of a team (okc, Boston,-wizards), but he chose the most beta role available, because his shoe company and promotional agents wanted him to. There's no hero here.

Well said. :toast