Kevin Durant Responds to Mark Cuban Saying Russell Westbrook Isn’t a Superstar

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban wasn’t ready to call Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook a superstar before Game 5 of the teams’ playoff series, but maybe he might now after Westbrook proceeded to dominate Monday’s contest.

Westbrook finished with 36 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists as the Thunder eliminated Dallas with a 118-104 victory. When asked about Cuban’s comments after the game, Westbrook’s teammate Kevin Durant said, “He’s an idiot. Don’t listen to him,” per Tim MacMahon of ESPN.com.

Before the game, Cuban said Durant was Oklahoma City’s only superstar and that Westbrook is “an All-Star but not a superstar,” per MacMahon.

Cuban provided an explanation for how he differentiated between All-Stars and superstars, per Erik Horne of the Oklahoman:

You look at Dirk [Nowitzki] all those years to now, he carries teams to 50 wins. To me, that’s [what makes a superstar] … when [you’re] by yourself … it wasn’t until we got J-Kidd [Jason Kidd] that we had another Hall of Famer. So, to go the 15 years where Dirk won 50, that’s a superstar. There’s only a few guys that you put them on any team and they’ll win 50 games. To me that’s the definition of a superstar.

Cuban is clearly biased when discussing Nowitzki because he is the …

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