How Should Russell Westbrook Feel About Kevin Durant Winning Title? | First Take | June 14, 2017 

Jarett Black how you know what he prefers and thinks. Don't be speaking for other people.

European Porzingis He never said he knows anything he just said he "thinks" jeez people get so emotional over normal comments

European Porzingis it's true Russ just care about being the man

Just what tf does a real nigga mean? Arrogant af and with low IQ?

Soccercrazyigboman He need some prooottieenn 😂

I know we had 3 of top 5 players in world

they should have atleast 2 titles by now

Just A Black Atheist I know, I would have gone with Harden over Ibaka. It was clear Harden was a superstar.

lwst82 not at the time

Just A Black Atheist Jeff green was nice on okc also

Ronold Cledor lmao exactly

Ronold Cledor couldn't say it any better

Ronold Cledor hell yeah

if you think RUSS isn't contemplating what could have been your crazy . specially when your other teammate put you out in the first round .

Ronold Cledor stupidity,bro

i know right? and now, they're paying the same amount of money they would have paid had they decided to retain their core players back then SMH

Eugene Ansah Well first off the Cap for every team grew by Millions the last couple years because of the new deal the NBA did with Disney and TV company's. Second, I don't think anyone is disagreeing with management letting go all their start player's. Third, this is the year Westbrook prove to people he didn't need KD to be good yeah people called him selfish but, you can say the same about KD leaving for the better team, but it's not like Westbrook wasn't passing the ball, yes they lost in the first round but they almost got 5th seed when everyone was saying they would be a lottery team. You have to remember just a couple year's was the first time NBA players were making more then a hundred million dollars they get twice that now, so 6 years ago 4 mil year is a lot for a NBA team that's at it cap space.

I totally agree with your point, and would just like to add that, in this modern day, players' legacy are judged by whether or not they won a championship. So I definitely don't blame KD for chasing one. I just feel like now many players would start chasing the ring, to join already good teams, and I'm worried it would ruin the NBA.

OKC will not win a Championship the way Westbrook plays he plays what you call hero ball he has to be the hero takes to many shots down the stretch to many turn overs in the fourth quarter in a tight game.

this is awkward

Samer Kammoun Difference between Greg Oden and KD is that The Warriors win the championship with KD. The same cannot be said with Greg Oden.

Samer Kammoun did you compare Greg Owen to kd sit down. kd makes the warriors look unbeatable

Samer Kammoun They act like KD didn't stink up the WCF last year after being up 3-1.

the waiter He didn't say replace KD with Greg Oden he said that if you put him on the Warriors, Oden would be a champion.

u stupid? the bucks arent even a contender rofl. durant shouldve went to the finals last year and they went to the finals several years ago. and durant choked that 3-1 by himself. esp game 7. he is 100% to blame for that. multiple turnovers and missed shots in the final few minutes. and if im not mistaken, a 5 second violation when hes inbounding the ball? with like a min left? thats choke city. 100% his fault

willemdee and will retire ringless fuck MVPs get a ring

willemdee he should be upset when it comes to basketball his son don't got nothing to do with this

FGE Gene He averaged 35 on the "best player in the league"

'Αλέξανδρος Ασλανίδης' no he wont. This man cant play with other superstars its just a fact. Never in my life did i see a man have 10 assist but also be as selfish as westbrook. He just cares about his spotlight only

yes

Real Reactions realist comment on here

Real Reactions first person i've seen that realizes this

Jay Complex Kid Randle im a okc fan , not one of these casual viewers, i hate when the media does shit like this.

Master Ark im a okc fan bro, i hate how the media picks and chooses the narrative.

I'm sure you just made a mistake, but I wanted to let you know that the Westbrook injury was in 2013 and ibaka injury was in 2014

RedTV101 that low-key is the only option cap wise. He should go to the pels.

Stephen A Smith Yes but the west already has some competition. Give LeBron some more competition out east. Stop making it easy for this guy to get to the finals every year!

RedTV101 yea would be cool but what team is interesting enough? maybe Miami? PG, Russ and DMC would be nasty

RedTV101 What COMPETITION DOES THE WEST HAVE?!?! Warriors litterally swept everyone in the Western conference smh!

RedTV101 Bring them all to the Lakers lol, since PG and Russ are L.A. Boys anyways.

lmaoooo

Because something called cap space exists.

z string the inability to detect or pickup on sarcasm is a sign of intelligence, or rather, lack thereof smh

TheIVth lmao might as well

Skip Payless lmao you're**

#1 Thunder Fan he's the point guard so he needs the ball

Thunder Up Westbrook has low 4th quarter iq he plays 1 on 5 and hero ball he needs to change

Ray rob he was the best player in the fourth quarter this season and has no one else who can really create their own shot

Thank you for being a thunder fan that understands this. I think the biggest reason KD left and broke the league is because of this. He needs a big attitude change because rn you can't win it all with him. His defense was dreadful this year and no all star is going to want to come play with him. But I'm curious to know how you want to improve your team because your cap space is looking shitty with the oladipo, Kanter and Adams contracts

#1 Thunder Fan he averaged 11 assist a game how is he ball centric

JOSHUA Yancey bron gets criticized for not being a killer when his team needs him to be. Lebron is the best player in the league but too often when his team is struggling he doesn't take over and do what he needs to in order to win. Westbrook gets criticized because too often he forces bad shots when he doesn't need to and it hurts his team because now everyone is just standing around watching you take bad shots.

There's a difference. Lebron is dominant, and Russ is not. Lebron is compared to MJ, so you expect Lebron in the closing minutes to close it out like MJ. For me, I simply do not even put Russ's talent in the same sentence as MJ, so Russ needs to be more selective with his shooting.

Red Chevy Appreciate the reply, I hear what you are saying, but to me we are just talking about effort, no two basketball players are alike in skill. I'm just saying, the moment Russ decides to chill out people will give him shit for not trying anymore

william mancia That was in spite of Westbrook. Not BECAUSE of Westbrook.

Bre'Shaun Barkus So you're saying kd did those things in spite of westbrook. Right ok, so I'm saying how did westbrook hold him back if kd was going to do them regardless.

william mancia Because it took a Westbrook injury for a guy who averaged 30 in his third season to do it again. Because Durant in January of 2014 shot 54% and 43% from three which was an increase. That's how.

Bre'Shaun Barkus See I think everyone has been trying to pin this on westbrook, like he wasn't good enough. Like curry is more talented or just naturally better and that's why kd went there because westbrook wasn't that guy. But thats not the case, okc had chances to win the title or at least make it there but they had tons of 4th quarter collapses. Remember Harden was a no show in the playoffs one year then bounce out of there. Both kd and Westbrook seemed like they didn't want the last shot. Kd would pass it up a lot. They were too young when they went to the finals for that pressure. You can look at the warriors and say curry and klay can be stars of their own teams. So they were just a better team than okc, better drafting and holding on to those players. That is not westbrooks fault. Kd did his thing in okc so did westbrook, they just needed more pieces or to have hold onto the ones they had.

David Joseph in 2012 he had that big 3... he just chucks them out of every game after that g1 win.

Jayde Dragon they were young at this time

Jayde Dragon like how he drop 43 and okc lost Russ fault?

Jayde keep in mind that James harden was not as good as he is now. In addition James Harden choke in the final that year.

David Joseph a big 3 don't mean shit smh lol. GS literally have the 2nd and 3rd best player in the league on there team, accompanied by 4 allstars. Come on people!!!!!!!! Give me another time in history where this has happened. You should wanna play against these guys, not be on the same team.

John Davis Look up the Sacramento Kings my friend

John Davis Nets and Knicks are also pretty bad ^^'

John Davis but the bulls are hands down the worst

Kumbert Joehl-Lee yeah da Knicks n Nets are pretty bad but they never had those caliber players and lost them for nothing!!

Kobe James bulls have 6 chips man come on

Max Chao That will be amazing

Max Chao why would he give up a his big 3 for only Westbrook

There is no way Lebron would go to the West. Dude is too comfortable feeding on the pathetic Eastern teams. Also, he already has a similar player in Irving who can shoot 3's better than Westbrook.

Silehnt Without Lebron in the East who the hell can win a Championship?? Raptors? Wizards? Celtics? Hell no. If he went to the West the league would be unbalanced because The West would win every year.

Silehnt Magic Johnson is working on it as we speak! PG and LBJ Lakers 2019?

Almighty Sosa that would be Amazing 😫😫😫😫😫

Almighty Sosa 😂😂😂 Russ gon drop 60 points after that.

Almighty Sosa russ gone drop 75 that night

CRYSTAL HALL yeah but would also lose by 35

lil ty people have said that about every game the warriors and thunder played last year but Russell played like trash in all of them. no doubt Russell is the MVP though

You obv a gsw hypebeast lmao

Dead Memes LMAO I am not even a fan of GSW. It's ok. The message went over your head.

Roberto Williams not trying to be a hard but in other words you are saying it's OK to give up than to persis cause I don't buy what you are selling, i m in a similar position not basketball wise, now I have a job offer that is willing to pay me more than my current one but I wouldn't be able to continue to pursue my computer study, and there are countless other that has not switch just to make it easier just watch dirk nowizki took him over ten years to win his first ring so the point than I making is that the easy way is not always there for everyone and with Durant everyone saw it as the easy way out

Westbrook theory2.0 I completely understand your position. I have understanding in patience as well. At the end of the day do what's best for you. My main point is that you shouldn't allow the ridicule of others decide for you. You know when to move and when to stay still. You decide. People often miss opportunity because of the fear of judgement. Whether are not he took "the easy way out" ,he did what's he felt was best. The grass is not always greener. We all know that but just remember what Albert Einstein told us about insanity.

Roberto Williams I agree but he had all he needed in OKC. You can't tell me they weren't the best team last year after going up 3-1 on GS.

cyber6sapien I KNOW that. Since we both agree how dominant KD and Russ were together, then why the bs that Westbrook was holding KD back? If they were clearly the superior team to Golden State last year smh

Now that is food for thought.

lmao Russ 18.1 shots per game for career LBJ 19.6 shots per game for career. Yea you make a lot of sense.

resColts I don't get the point your trying to make, Bron been in the league for 14 years Russ for 9 years. That's 5 more years then Russ and only a difference of 1.5 shots. If your smart enough to differentiate that you would know Russ numbers will increase to waaaaay more than the 19.6 shots Lebron has takin in 14 years.

Ace Da Shoota Yes but lebron is not the point guard

Lorenzo Stewart that's what I meant to say, he's already takes a lot for a 9 year vet though and they will only increase throughout the years.

Ace Dollaz he's struggling with his superteam right now

AJTHEBEAST 26 Fact

AJTHEBEAST 26 wrong cause Spurs would've won

Mr Bossman Are u sure cause even without kd the warriors would have beat a Spurs team without khawi

unlikely. Steph is playing better, Klay would step up, and Green would get more shots and likely average close to a triple dub. The Warriors were the team that lost last season, more than the Cavs won. It would have been a lot closer though!

I don't know man, steph didn't play better than last year, and the reason why he was able to do better post season this time around was because of the immense pressure KD takes off of him. Klay was cold more than anything, so I don't think it is correct to assume he would. Green would play regularly. Overall it seemed like the cavs were playing better, but when you go up against that much fire power, it just isn't enough.

B HANK lol

can ulker your fucking stupid as fuck, I just want you to know that

can ulker just delete your account and never go on RU-vid again

can ulker he had a star but that bitch left him

Bingo.

AR XV HELL NO

AR XV hell yes. I'm a lebron fan and if Westbrook came to Cleveland I would usually see that as a weak move but in this case I wouldn't care because since the warriors want to build a super team, we should be able to also

that wouldn't work lol

AR XV Teams need chemistry to win dude. This Westbrook to Cleveland talk is trash.

AR XV thats what i am saying. as the saying goes ' the enemy of my enemy is my friend'. in other words lebrons biggest enemy is kd and curry. westbrook hates kd and curry even more. so lebron and westbrook should team up and go up against their mutual enemies. that would be legendary. kd vs bron. westbrook vs curry. klay vs kyrie.

Steven Weech reasons KD left 1. to get a ring 2. westbrook

to answer all your questions: 1. averaging 30 ppg with only 1 bad game (game 6) the whole series 2. averaging 30+ ppg on lebron (who was one of the top defenders during that time) 3. led the thunder to 2nd seed and became mvp also curry eats westbrook every time they play. westbrook can't even sniff 50 wins when KD went down in 2014-15 or when KD left his ball hogging ass in okc. westbrook can have all the stats he wants. he aint winning shit playing like this

qjdivina W

Steven Weech Facts

Steven Weech Nigga KD was killing the entire league without Russ in 2014 what are you talking about? They were 20-7 in the 27 without Russ. Russ will NEVER go 20-7 in a 27 game stretch without KD. NEVER in his life

IOS In-app Review KD won a ring with the team that beat him smh. I'm sure Westbrook must be proud of KDs competitive nature smh,

IOS In-app Review Westbrook also won the regular season MVP and now has a child to take care of. He ain't sad about anything and KD probably is happy for him.

IOS In-app Review and he's gonna win NBA MVP too

Dude the thunder, tru but...your name says it all 😂

oh wow shaqtin mvp , make sure you come back to this comment section win he wins reg season mvp aswell so you can cry

Justin Diaz Put any good PG on that team and they'll be a serious contender because they have the best PF and C

JC Robles but no bench

JC Robles best PF is Draymond green

Delonte [W]est fuck outta here wit that comment😂😂😂

Tha Goat hahahaha

hey, big head 😂

fuck all the salty ass comments these are what RU-vid comments are meant to be 😂

I don't get it

Tha Goat what does that mean

did lebron have an easy path with the heat? did rodman have an easy path with the bulls? did magic Johnson take the easy path when he joined the already super team Lakers? NO!!! nothing is set in stone. the greatest player in the world was waiting for kd in the East. kd outplayed James and was much more clutch than James. Durant took the dagger 3 point shot in James face when lebron deferred to Kyle korver in his moment. if James had a killer mentality the series would have been tied going into game 5.

+Mario Giorgi p.s. I'm a bulls fan. however I think these huge rivalries and amazing historic teams are great for basketball. we just got to watch some of the most elite basketball play in the history of the NBA and I feel thankful for that.

Mario Giorgi you are completely wrong. KD had the easiest path to a ring with WHO was around him. You could put KD, Lebron, Paul George, Isaiah Thomas, ANYONE big and they would win with that Warriors team.

Mario Giorgi Magic Johnson was selected first in the draft to the lakers so he can't control where he's drafted too so he didn't take an easy path. Know you facts before you start talking

dacosta smith how you know he don't care. Don't be speaking for other people

Shelia Young dats not true y'all said da same thing win da Lakers form a superteam and did they win no, y'all da same thing win LeBron, Dwayne, Bosch got to together did dey win no they lost to Dallas so wat y'all talking bout

Shawn Drake look I am the biggest Lebron fan in the world but watching how golden state played in the first 20 games I new they where going to win the chemistry was there the team ball was there and so did everybody else they where favored the minute he signed and what happened they won. Lebron has been to 8 finals and was underdogs in six golden state has been to 3 and was the favorites in all three so you must be the only one who didn't think they wouldn't win when they added the second best player in the NBA.

Shelia Young no I know basketball da even doe da Warriors one they still not da best team in basketball the best team dis year where da Spurs yeah I know they lost but da best team don't always win keep dat in mind

OpuTheChild LeBron*

you spelt "lechoke" wrong.

LeBron has 3 rings when u put that next to kds rings it's 3-1. the lead he blew against the team he joined a year later...what a bitch.

Dan The man. Also kevin durant wear the number 35 get it 35 Lebitch Lames is 3-5 inna finals

Fresh Out yes but....but that's still 2 more rings than KD...

Larriors Blew a 3-1 Lead they have like 50 mill in cap space, it's possible

Stephen A Smith if they get rid of many players

Hell NO.

He wouldn't fit.

Stephen A Smith I can't see him getting yelled out by pop

nutz2001 Westbrook wouldn't fit in gsw

no way that would work, Russ is a ball hog

Ah you do realize Westbrook and Durant are two completely different style of players right he wouldn't work in gs

Dennis Gatere he's a ball hog because who should he give the ball on the thunder??

Random Gamer there is a nice explanation of why his stats don't help his team done by bballbreakdown. Search that channel, no point in lengthy explanations here when he did it better than I could

Zoe don't be speaking for our people. Maybe he does care and cries every night because he lost in the first round

"our people" what are you talking about? Your European, get the fuck out my country you immigrant.

Zoe just cause I'm an immigrant doesn't mean im not an American. I am a citizen of the United States and I'm proud to be a citizen no matter how these states are being ran. I'm probably a better citizen then you, so maybe you go to another country and stay there cause then you'll appreciate rugby, which is better than football

Zoe i feel the same way but how the fuck European porzingis some how translate to him being a nigga please respect melanin

Winning championships with strangers is much better than losing with family that you known for years, without a championship. Which one is more suitable of pleasing the haters on this topic?

Steph is trash

Yur i so does your mom

Yannick Bryant curry had a 8 turnover game on a stack team, russ had no 8 turnover game in the playoffs last year

Ballin Too McGee 1 ring, Westbrook 0

Put Steph on any other team, he wouldn't be as good. He is in the perfect situation because he can run down court and throw up threes all game. He can go 1 for 10 in a night and the warriors would still win. He couldn't do that on any other team

Murphy Jones i mean they are kinda unselfish. did you see how they made every other play so kd could get a wide open 3 when they needed it

Murphy Jones y dey announcing the mvp so late

Von dee bro I was wondering the same thing... Nd didn't the league claim the votes are already in... Idk man shits strange

Mr Jones KD is literally unguardable... secondly the dude was up 3-1 against GSW nd the last 3 games he wasn't a shell of himself for Watever reason... KD winning that title look weak AF jus like Lebron winning in Miami even though he joined a 41 win team compared to KD joining a 73 win team...

Murphy Jones KD dropped I think 29 and shot above 50% in game 7 last year.

jujurawks How are you overrated averaging 32-10-10 smh

Abdirazak Warsame 32-10-10 on 24 fga per game on 42% shooting - 42% usage rate - less contested 3s than deandre jordan plus his big men boxing out for him.

jujurawks the fact u don't think Russ is a hall of fame talent says alot about your eyes lls

qjdivina 46 wins last year okc won 55

Ballin Too That's cute. Couldn't get 50 wins in 82 games but Durant lead OKC to 20 wins in 27 without Russ in 2014.... Gtfoh he ain't on Durant's level.

If Harden was still at OKC with Westbrook, Harden would never see the ball.