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Russell Westbrook Reportedly Believed Kevin Durant Would Re-Sign with Thunder
- Updated: July 27, 2016
Kevin Durant shocked the NBA world when he announced his intention to sign with the Golden State Warriors on July 4, and the news reportedly came as a surprise to more than just fans.
According to ESPN.com’s Royce Young on ESPN’s TrueHoop podcast (h/t NBCSports.com’s Dan Feldman), Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook was under the impression Durant would return to the Thunder following a conversation they had prior to the four-time scoring champion’s sit-downs with prospective employers:
Three weeks ago, Kevin Durant’s sitting there at dinner, telling him “Hey, I’m coming back, man. Don’t worry about it.” And now, Russell Westbrook has been kind of thrown into this in having to decide his future a summer earlier than expected.
Kevin Durant, more so than even that, was telling people, “Hey, yeah, I mean I’m coming back.” Like I said in there, a week before Kevin Durant sat down in the Hamptons, he was in Oklahoma City ready to make an offer on a multi-million-dollar house. So, the guy was pretty serious about coming back, and then things turned rather quickly for him to leave. And there’s no doubt that the organization felt a little bit burned by this.
On Tuesday, Young reported Westbrook was “both angry and hurt not only by Durant’s decision to leave but also because Durant didn’t even call to tell him personally.”
He added that the tenacious floor general …
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