Kevin Durant and Kendrick Perkins, teammates on the Thunder for parts of five seasons, got into it Thursday night after Durant responded to an earlier thread in which Perkins called Westbrook 'the best to have ever put on a Oklahoma City Thunder jersey.'
Matt EppersAs Russell Westbrook was making his return to Oklahoma City, two of his former Thunder teammates spent part of the evening sniping at each other in a series of escalating Twitter barbs.
Kevin Durant and Kendrick Perkins, teammates on the Thunder for parts of five seasons from 2011-15, got into it Thursday night after Durant responded to a thread from earlier in the day in which Perkins called Westbrook"the best to have ever put on a Oklahoma City Thunder jersey." Durant criticized Perkins' contributions to the Thunder during a playoff loss, leading Perkins to label Durant's 2016 free-agent move to the Golden State Warriors"the weakest move in NBA history.
Durant then took another swipe at Perkins' production, and Perkins fired back again by claiming Durant"took the coward way out" by leaving the Thunder for the Warriors. The feud ended there, and Durant responded to a few fan tweets before both parties went dark for the night. However, the exchange lit NBA Twitter circles and threatened to overshadow the night's marquee Thunder-Rockets matchup as Oklahoma City turned the matchup into a rout.
Perhaps the strangest part of the whole night was the official account of Buffalo Wild Wings chiming in and trying to play the mediator:"Hey now. Y'all play nice."
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