Kevin Durant and his mother Wanda despised the narrative painted in the media about his poor relationship with former OKC teammate Russell Westbrook
Kevin Durant is one of the greatest players in NBA history. However, he does have some blemishes on his legacy. Here are the 10 biggest.
With Westbrook's decline, the critics grew louder. The basketball enigma can no longer shut them up with superb individual performances like he did in his 20s. According to NBA legend Oscar Robertson -- who Westbrook broke his single-season record for most triple-doubles -- he forewarned him of this exact scenario.
Kevin Durant remains one of the league's deadliest scorers at age 36. If he can continue putting the ball in the hoop at an elite level as he approaches 40, Durant should be able to become a top-five scorer in league history. He currently ranks eighth on the list, chasing Wilt Chamberlain's seventh-ranked 31,419 points.
“He was the bully… He used to try to give me 50 every time. He would be shooting on me so much, that [Kevin Durant] would be getting mad, like, ‘Pass the ball!’” Damian Lillard on playing against Russell Westbrook 👀 (via @club520podcast) pic.twitter.com/wrRqwpchaa
Devin Booker had the game-high 34 points and Kevin Durant scored 29 to lead the Phoenix Suns ' second-half comeback that forced overtime Friday, but ended up losing to the Denver Nuggets, 149-141, on Nikola Jokic's historic night.