Brett Dawson on why Russell Westbrook is the greatest Thunder player of all-time: “Westbrook has a long way to go before he spends his entire career with the Thunder, but he’s on that track. He’s one of four active NBA players who have spent 10 or more consecutive seasons with their current teams. Only Nowitzki, Miami’s Udonis Haslem (15 seasons) and Memphis’ Mike Conley (11) and Marc Gasol (10) have played as many or more. “It’s a new league now,” Nowitzki said. “It’s different. Guys want to play with guys they know. And teams — look what happened to DeMar DeRozan.