I think it’s very obvious that he went to the Warriors simply because he wanted to get easy rings and not because of some secret non-basketball drama behind the scenes

Like you said if anything it seems like he had better relationships in OKC than anywhere he’s been since and hasn’t really found a home since leaving

He also ironically has a poor sense of who is a winning player. He likes players that play like him and doesn’t like players that do all of the other little things that lead to winning

I can’t find the words to perfectly describe it, but OKC’s ability to adjust and manage stars is unmatched. They avoid toxicity so well. I think they do a lot more behind closed doors than we are even aware of (i personally die on the hill that Harden was never going to play in okc in 2012 knowing what we know of James now) - the only player that has ever left disgruntled and it impact the season and vibes of the team was Reggie Jackson.

“Triple double cocaine bear” ain’t exactly a love letter 

I think that is the “basketball reasons”.

Personally think he knows he made a mistake in the circumstances he did going to GSW, even whilst winning and has chased trying to find what he had in OKC. 

The grass isn’t greener and especially if the whole basketball world is hating on you for what you did. Same reason why LeBron going back to Cleveland was important to him.

The dude is literally his own worst enemy, but at the same time has made  millions of dollars - its just all quite funny really.

Which is hilarious when looking at his KeGM decisions in Brooklyn. Looking at how he was influencing things on the Nets makes sense if you think about his basketball philosophy

That’s how every top athlete works tho, all of them believe in that and all of them force others to follow it. If it pays off, they are geniuses but if it doesn’t it just lets history forget them

No Cap. Real Talk

Let’s not forget that he was the other half of brooklyn duo that were saying how they don’t need a coach

Triple double cocaine bear is a compliment and an accurate assessment

Why we acting like cocaine bear is a negative thing.

I’m wondering how the hell KD came up with that one? Was he watching the movie? Was he watching the Pitch Meeting?

He did play a bit like a cocaine bear to be fair, like for the most part in a good way but I suppose if he played more poised earlier, he might’ve been even better? Hard to say when the dude is already so successful in his career.

Part of it is KD is super insecure and resentful. OKC was no question his team, so he didn’t have to compete in his mind with Russ. But Warriors & Suns fans loved their home grown guys more which made KD bitter towards them.

I truly think once their careers are done they’ll be really close again. Look how Russ treats mama Durant every time he sees her. Look how KD treats Nina Westbrook. They genuinely share family love.

maybe the people in the group chat are mutuals with russ.

probably bc if he says anything you can just link to that OKC vs warriors game where russ had him clamped up and clapping like a hoe

Steve Nash he probably didn’t have an issue with because he’s a players coach/yes man

Dray not being mentioned is really surprising. I’d bet he was included in the part where he’s talking about holding Steph accountable in film but yeah extremely shocked he wasn’t called out by name.

Or KD knows if he talked shit about Draymond and Draymond found out he’d be at risk of being kicked in the groin or choked next time they play each other

that’s on his 3rd burner

Most players love Draymond. It’s the fans that hate him

Say what you will about Westbrook but almost everywhere he’s gone his teammates have had nothing but good things to say about

It’s likely they had a pretty good relationship, they both entered the league young as teammates.

I would guess on average that is a recipe for being good friends in more cases then not.

I mean Russ seems like a cool dude. He gets praised by most of his previous teammates

You can’t trust KD in big moments

KD isn’t a winner either. hes been to the 2nd round as many times as WB since leaving GSW.

The Nets are lowkey one of the craziest footnotes in history. There was a real moment in time where they appeared on track to win a dominant title. Heartbreaking losses and one completely self-inflicted political circus later, and the team was gone.

I don’t think he regrets it. Just that winning titles in Oakland didn’t fulfill him the way he thought they would. He had a whole thing on how he hated being seen as the 2nd best player. He got drafted 2nd. Everyone put him behind LeBron as the 2nd best player in the league. He joins the Warriors to win titles, and people still put him 2nd behind Curry. He is perpetually chasing the concept of being the best, and can’t satisfy it.

“KD secretly hates Curry” somehow went from a fringe viewpoint pushed by some extreme Steph fans to apparently being actually true lmao

He definitely seemed bitter about Kyrie lol. He said he was holier than thou with them, but suddenly started playing his role a lot better and distinctly with Luka. Also think he was rightfully pissed about the whole Covid thing too

i don’t think he hates steph. assuming the “holding steph accountable” could’ve had something to do with defense or turnovers maybe even shot selection(?).

i just dont get why, maybe it bothered him that it was never his team. 73 win team plus kd dont need to be pointing fingers lol

He’s by far the most defended teammate in the league. All of his teammates always go on rants defending him.

This is a good point, KD’s most ferocious complaints were about:

• The rockets, and he complained that fans were on his case instead of sengun/jabari
• The suns, and he complained that it was booker’s team when they won and kd’s team when they lost
• The warriors, and we all know steph was the one fans gave the praise to, particularly warriors fans, and he hated that

Meanwhile like you said russ was the OKC scapegoat so KD was chilling

Dude cares a ton about media narratives and just what people think of him in general. Very human but apparent

I dont hop on social media and trash my former employer, get caught, make another burner, trash talk my current coworkers and boss, and get caught again though.

He is the only dude in the league who has been caught doing this. This is not normal dude activities lol he has some deep issues/trauma that never got addressed.

What’s frustrating is that, if this truly is KD’s framing, the only reason Curry actually gets more credit is because he won again after. Everyone would clown Curry prior to 2022 as needing KD, not having a FMVP, etc. but when he won in 2022 with a far worse team (on paper) than Brooklyn or Phoenix, it really solidified his winning power over KD’s (in people’s minds; all this is obviously completely subjective).

That plus Curry stayed. If KD remained on GS and won one or two more, I do think he probably is pretty darn beloved.

It was probably the opposite in OKC. When they won it was KD’s team and when they lost it was always Westbrooks fault.

Maybe he loved that he wasn’t held accountable there. Seems to be a recurring theme with KD.

This is exactly why he left. Remember, they had to apologize profusely when they called him Mr. Unreliable. But, after the 3-1 fiasco, they didn’t hold back in blaming him alongside Russ, and he was out of there.

wasn’t there a clip of russ last year hugging kd mom just like old days?

Westbrook was hard done by. He did everything the textbook said a star needs to do for 17 years. Always the one trying the hardest, supportive teammate, etc. Yet, he’s got the most haters…

Which former teammate did he praise? Ben Simmons?