Kevin Durant on relationship with Russell Westbrook: ‘It’s all love’
LOS ANGELES — A year after his rift with Russell Westbrook dominated All-Star Weekend, Kevin Durant’s relationship with Westbrook appears to have thawed.
The two superstars, who are both on “Team LeBron” for Sunday evening’s All-Star Game, have been seen talking in Los Angeles. They traded passes at practice, and the NBA posted a picture Saturday morning to Instagram of Durant and Westbrook apparently chatting about sneakers.
“I just got out of my own head and got out of my own way, and stopped thinking it was even a thing,” Durant said of his past tensions with Westbrook. “I feel like I f— that up. … I feel like I just made it a thing when it shouldn’t have been.