On January 10th, Russell Westbrook returned to play in Oklahoma City as a Houston Rocket. Kendrick Perkins took to Twitter to declare that Russ is the greatest to ever play in OKC and thus deserving of the title of “Mr. Thunder”. Cascading layers of analysis, hot takes, jabs, and comedy (shoutout to one @KDTrey5 aka Kevin Wayne Durant) unfolded as a result.
As sincere as Perk’s statement may have been, he is unquestionably wrong. No disrespect to the 15 year veteran. And to those of you who are now thinking, “Then it has to be KD”, it must be said that you’re wrong as well.