With Kevin Durant off to Golden State, there's a pocket of NBA onlookers who are salivating at the thought of a “Russell Westbrook One-Man Wrecking Crew” type of season.
Thunder coach Billy Donovan is here to extinguish all that talk.
Donovan told The Vertical it's going to be “totally different” this season compared to two years ago when Westbrook was needed to carry the Thunder through a wave of injuries. Here's what needs to happen to ensure that:
STAY HEALTHY
As Cameron Payne wheeled around Westbrook's contract extension press conference, his right foot in a boot following Jones fracture surgery, one couldn't help but draw comparisons to Durant.