In the 2016 playoffs, when Kevin Durant intercepted a question intended for Russell Westbrook concerning his thoughts on Dallas owner Mark Cuban’s comment that Westbrook was not a superstar, and Durant retorted with, “Cuban is an idiot,” knowing full well that Cuban was attempting to cause a rift between teammates in order to help his Mavericks squad, did that interjection make Westbrook look weak? Or like a lesser teammate? Or subservient to Durant? There’s no mention of it in Berry Tramel’s April 27th, 2016 article at NewsOK.com.
In fact, quite the contrary, Tramel refers to Durant’s reply as the “now famous line,” something that defined Durant’s leadership in their unlikely playoff run last year.