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On a night when former teammate Russell Westbrook made his return to Oklahoma City, Kevin Durant wasn’t pulling any punches when discussing his legacy with another former teammate, Kendrick Perkins.
The interaction started with a tweet by Perkins teasing his take that Westbrook is best player in Thunder history.
In about 30 minutes I’m going to give my opinion on @SportsCenter on why Believe that Russell Westbrook is the best player to have ever put on a Oklahoma City Thunder Jersey!!! He is MR. THUNDER!!!
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) January 9, 2020
Durant didn’t take too kindly to this opinion, pointing out that Perkins averaged just two points and three rebounds during a second-round exit in 2013 when Westbrook was out with a torn ACL. He also said that Perkins should’ve worked more on his game.
Yea and our starting center @KendrickPerkins averaged a whopping 2 and 3 during that series. U played hard tho champ lol
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) January 10, 2020
That’s when things started to get really heated, with Perkins calling Durant’s move the “weakest move in NBA history” and that Durant “don’t even feel like a real champ.”
Boy stop you did the weakest move in NBA History!!! Up on a team 3-1 in the western conference finals and then go join them the following season?! Heart of Champion right there
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) January 10, 2020
That’s fine!!! You worked that hard and still had to go join a 73-9 team. Truth be told you don’t even feel like a real Champ, you have hard time sleeping at night huh knowing that you took the coward way out!!!
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) January 10, 2020
At least Perkins’ take on KD leave is original and one we haven’t heard before.