Kendrick Perkins: Durant texted Westbrook after he won MVP
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It has been well-documented over the past year-plus that bad blood exists between Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. That goes without saying, really. Durant spurning Westbrook and the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Golden State Warriors in the summer of 201Kendrick Perkins: Durant texted Westbrook after he won MVP
It has been well-documented over the past year-plus that bad blood exists between Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. That goes without saying, really. Durant spurning Westbrook and the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Golden State Warriors in the summer of 2016 spawned a feud between the two superstars that exists to some extent to this day.That is why it is interesting to hear from one of the onetime dynamic duo’s former teammates that Durant reached out to Westbrook after the latter won the NBA MVP Award following an outstanding 2016-17 season.According to Kendrick Perkins, who played with Durant and Westbrook in OKC from 2010-15, recently revealed in an interview with Sports Illustrated’s Jake Fischer that Durant texted Westbrook to congratulate him on winning MVP.Perkins established a group text message with Durant and Westbrook upon arriving in Oklahoma City. “I didn’t know KD and Russ from a can of paint,” he says. “I just wanted to get it like how we had it in Boston.” They pinged the thread day and nigh Read more