Westbrook And Durant Set To Meet As Opponents For 1st Time

Thursday night at Oracle Arena in Oakland, it will be must see tv. Oklahoma visits Golden State in a 2016 Western Conference Finals rematch. Their will be plenty of buzz in the building. After 8 seasons Russell Westrook and Kevin Durant parted ways this off season. Durant signed with the Golden State Warriors. Many believed Durant should have stayed in Oklahoma City after losing a 3-1 series lead to Golden State. Opposed to the belief of : if you can't beat em' join em'. Prior to the 2016-17 NBA season Russell Westbrook opted to not test the free agent waters, that would have come up next summer. Instead the star point guard signed a contract extension to remain with the Thunder. Every since KD left, to join Curry, Klay, and Draymond their has been conflicted reports on his relationship with Westbrook currently. Westbrook and Durant were an excellent duo and accomplish so much together : All Star teams, Olympic team which produced a gold medal, numerous playoff appearance and a trip to the NBA Finals. Now they separate professionally and possibly personally.