Durant Partially Blames Westbrook For His Departure

[FireDavidKahn]

The Oklahoma City Thunder led the NBA in blown fourth quarter leads last season and Kevin Durant wanted to play within an offense that had better ball movement and easier scoring chances.

Despite a coaching change from Scott Brooks to Billy Donovan, the offense often stalled. Durant and Russell Westbrook were a powerful offensive duo but they didn't always make each other better.

"Ultimately he got frustrated and felt that they had plateaued," said a person with insight into Durant's thought process. "[Donovan] came in, and he still had the same issues that he had with Russ under Scotty. The offense didn't change much. He still had to take a ton of contested shots every game; and that's when he had the ball at all."

The Warriors have been one of the NBA's best passing teams for several seasons and their system is about setting up great shots instead of merely settling for good ones.

"He's never going to have a game in Golden State where Steve Kerr has to say at halftime, 'You guys need to get Kevin the ball,' which happened in OKC," the same person said.


:eek:

[Nike D'Antoni]

Durant is a bitch.

[Locked_Up_Tonight]

That's why you get paid the big bucks, Durant. The guys who get "open looks" are the role players being left open from the superstars being doubled.

I blame AAU ball for this mindset.

[Chuckbrook]

Yep, just blame it all on Westbrook. Weak, skinny, choking ass, bitch ass ***** :facepalm

-Brook

[Trollsmasher]

they "plateaued" because Durant choked away a 3-1 lead in the WCF by shooting 35% from the field in the last three games

nothing to do with westgoat

[TheWinningFam]

More beta mentality from this slim f.aggot.

[andgar923]

I agree that KD is a b*tch.

But a b*tch for not making it HIS team. Anyone with half a brain knows Westbrook is a cancer, but KD should've manned up and demanded Westbrook to be his sidekick.

[SilkkTheShocker]

To be fair, no team will ever win anything with Westbrook or Durant as it's best player.

[bigkingsfan]

1-7 in the 4th quarter. Westbrook outplayed him in that series.

[no pun intended]

"He's never going to have a game in Golden State where Steve Kerr has to say at halftime, 'You guys need to get Kevin the ball,' which happened in OKC," the same person said.

I hate to be the one to bring up Kobe in this, but as much as anyone would dislike him, you gotta admire the fact that Kobe would have never minded this and accepted this challenge.

[Spurs m8]

What a little bitch

[imdaman99]

:lol What a joke. This guy, who is supposed to be a superstar has a problem speaking up and demanding the ball? :lol

Westbrook got him plenty of open looks. But I guess a superstar should expect to only take open shots.

[Old Man River]

That's why you get paid the big bucks, Durant. The guys who get "open looks" are the role players being left open from the superstars being doubled.

I blame AAU ball for this mindset.
I blame ballhog westbrook.

[Old Man River]

"He's never going to have a game in Golden State where Steve Kerr has to say at halftime, 'You guys need to get Kevin the ball,' which happened in OKC," the same person said.

I hate to be the one to bring up Kobe in this, but as much as anyone would dislike him, you gotta admire the fact that Kobe would have never minded this and accepted this challenge.
so maybe durant should have forced westbrook out like kobe did shaq

[ZenMaster]

Most people who's played basketball at any somewhat serious level can see why playing with Westbrook would be frustrating.

I'm happy for KD, he's going to a team that plays how he wants to play and he's going to have a lot of fun.

[warriorfan]

Westbrook stan boxscore watchers getting SHOOK AF about how his cancerous empty stats tore apart a potential championship team...

:roll: :roll: :roll:

[Haymaker]

That's why you get paid the big bucks, Durant. The guys who get "open looks" are the role players being left open from the superstars being doubled.

I blame AAU ball for this mindset.

Damn truth.

[Hotlantadude81]

:eek:

It's always someone else's fault with these players.

[DirkNowitzki41]

so he admits it was too hard :oldlol:

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[MASH Transit]

"He's never going to have a game in Golden State where Steve Kerr has to say at halftime, 'You guys need to get Kevin the ball,' which happened in OKC," the same person said.

I hate to be the one to bring up Kobe in this, but as much as anyone would dislike him, you gotta admire the fact that Kobe would have never minded this and accepted this challenge.

I agree. That's why the Lakers dynasty lasted.


Oh, wait...

[knicksman]

Cant blame him. When you look at cp3, when blake is absent, he still takes the team to the playoffs compared to westbrook who cant yet statwise, they are more or less the same and is paid the same. I just cant imagine durant with cp3