ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 เม.ย. 2020
- Elle Duncan breaks down the evolution of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook's relationship over the years. The former Oklahoma City Thunder All-Stars navigated highs and lows throughout their early NBA careers as teammates-- including a trip to the 2012 NBA Finals (1:26), the James Harden trade (1:56), Durant's 2014 MVP Season (2:49), and the 2016 Western Conference Finals (3:22), where OKC lost to the Warriors despite taking a commanding 3-1 series lead.
After falling to the Warriors, Kevin Durant opted to enter free agency (3:54) and join the Warriors. ESPN's Stephen A. Smith (4:25) viewed the move in free agency to the team that had just defeated Durant as 'the weakest move he's ever seen from a superstar'.
Elle Duncan breaks down the former teammates' efforts to move on after KD's free agency decision, including Durant's eventual return to OKC as a Warrior (7:09), and quite a few subtle (6:30, 6:57, 7:41) and not-so-subtle (5:55, 7:18, 9:15) jabs at each other. Elle (9:39) eloquently concludes with closing thoughts on The Split of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook.
✔️Subscribe to ESPN+ plus.espn.com/
✔️ Get the ESPN App: www.espn.com/espn/apps/espn
✔️Subscribe to ESPN on TH-cam: es.pn/SUBSCRIBEtoTH-cam
✔️ Subscribe to NBA on ESPN on TH-cam: bit.ly/SUBSCRIBEtoNBAonESPN
✔️ Watch ESPN on TH-cam TV: es.pn/TH-camTV
ESPN on Social Media:
► Follow on Twitter: / espn
► Like on Facebook: / espn
► Follow on Instagram: / espn
Visit ESPN on TH-cam to get up-to-the-minute sports news coverage, scores, highlights and commentary for NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA, College Football, NCAA Basketball, soccer and more.
More on ESPN.com: www.espn.com - กีฬา
![[FULL] Ray Allen on leaving the Celtics, missing Paul Pierce’s ceremony & KG snub | First Take](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/-IQxIl1L328/mqdefault.jpg)
Take the relationship part out of it and this would be a sick mini-documentary
I'd be so upset if I compiled all these clips and edits just for some journalist to make it about a marital relationship. ESPN gross for this LMAOOO
Deadass, had to be a women that would pit Russ and KD as fiancés. There was no reason for that
How do you take the relationship part out? The whole video is based on their relationship as brothers.
@@jactrich make it about a brotherly relationship...not husband and wife
@@EA-ps4wc exactly
OKC:BEST FRANCHISE IN HISTORY THAT NEVER WAS 😢
Not even close sorry. The utah jazz had much more talent.
Hazell WilliamSpencer OKC had 3 MVP level players on one team. The Jazz never had that.
@@CarlosGarcia-pm1sk Harden wouldn't have blossomed into the superstar that he is if he was still in OKC
Hazell WilliamSpencery my fault, I replied to the wrong person lol
@@CarlosGarcia-pm1sk no they didn't. They had KD. Russ wasn't an mvp until KD left. And harden would never have become the player he is until he left. He would never get the shots he does now. When they were all on OK C they were all young. Now the jazz had Karl Malone and John Stockton to anchor their team. 2 of the best at their position Karl is the 2nd leading scorer of all time John Stockton leading assist and still leader. Role players for days. O not to mention Jerry salone the most underrated coach. The jazz home court advantage is far superior to OKC
Bro why y’all comparing this to a bf and gf relationship 🤣
Cuz “ya’ll” is a woman lol
Bruh your DP makes the comment even sadder 🤭
could be bf and bf too
Idiot's
it's part of the joke aka metaphor...
I wish y’all would just talk about Russ and KD regularly, the relationship parallel is so unnecessary 😂.
It was a relationship. That's literally the appropriate description.
Noel Crenshaw it wasn’t a marriage tho
Noel Crenshaw Since you want to be a smartass Noel, there are four definitions of “relationship”. The definition that I was clearly saying (and 95 other people clearly understood) was the one of which where an emotional and sexual association is made between two people. I.E, a couple in today’s language, or boyfriends.
It’s obviously a relationship, everyone has relationships with pretty much everyone. But not everyone has relationships in the fashion of which ESPN is creating a parallel too with Russ and KD.
If you’re gonna try to be a smartass, at least be good at it so you don’t look so absurdly stupid next time. Get out of my mentions Noel.
@@Ick.- And what were the other three definitions out of curiosity?
Noel Crenshaw - Friends, family etc.
Why do I feel like this lady is telling her life story using Russ and Kd?
I was looking for this😂... it's so oddly specific
Facts😂😂😂
😂😂😂
WAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
LMAOOOOOOOOOO
its a good vid but why is she comparing it to a relationship it lowkey ruins it
lukalegend2005 because it was a relationship
Thank you
A friendship is a relationship, you're just insecure
Because that's what it was.
It was a relationship...not the romantic type, but a relationship none the less.
Whoever is reading this and you are struggling, frustrated and seems like nothing is working out. You will overcome.
Thanks g
thank you.
Wth this is so random
You to🙏🏾🙏🏾
Thank u
I thought that was well put together....I’m also very high right now
Not high enough
Pass the boof!!
Stay off the weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed! Lol
😂😂😂😂
How old are you?
Someone’s been watching SB Nation
Games on Krack i came to the comment section just to see who said it!!!!
You peep ‼️‼️
No one else watches Beef History clearly. They copied the entire format, background music, intro, and video structure. Wow!
I literally stopped watching 40 sec in Just to find this comment. On the nail.
Thought I was trippin !!
I’d like to thank whoever’s grandmother this is for giving us an unwanted education about relationships
Lol cold
Woooooow 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂flamed 🔥🔥🔥ahahahahahahaha
LOL
Lol 🤣
Chill, Elle a baddie
*The trio of Westbrook, Harden & Durant will always be deemed as "The Dynasty that never was"*
Oh boy what could've been
The warriors were better, also Harden would've stalled in his growth.
Oden, Roy, and Aldridge could’ve been champs if they weren’t injured.
Ajant Smith not really
They gon regroup in Houston watch
@@Goyarxrd KD is on Brooklyn....
absolutely killed the vibe comparing this to a romantic relationship
Exactly.
ESPN is bored 😭
Samba Camara so are we
😂😂
Yes ... we all are my friend 😂😂😂
@Loyal Philly fan this wasn't entraining I'm lucky I found another video on this topic because this was annoying
One of the greatest duos to never win it all
Mind of the North Star he said one of the
Ankle Bully Fam if not better
@Mind of the North Star steph n klay
@@123456CBOY bruh he just said "to not win it all" Steph and Klay clearly won it all
Super Duper Rauffiey wasn’t just them two
if u think about it it’s so legendary how james harden was a 6th man and then instantly became one of the best in the league
not instantly but yeah
@@chozen3769 his first game with rockets he scired 37 12 assists and 6 rebounds
This makes me sad 🥺☹️ I want KD-Russ back 😭😭😭
😭😭😭😭 I am ready to forgive that 🐍🐍 if it happens
😭😭😭😭 I am ready to forgive that 🐍🐍 if it happens
Benoit Messi Nah he’s not. He said he would’ve came back eventually after the Warriors but the way that we treated him when he came back to OKC the first time changed his mind.
@Dreadie C Dude, he is and he will always be to me. Now you may think otherwise and you're entitled to your opinion.
@@klutchkey1068 Yeah. So we he wanted cheers and praises too?
ESPN needs to gon on a hiatus till sports return. Truly. If it ain't last dance just play reruns
@Stephen Imbert
Don't watch it and go look for reruns to watch
How you going to tell a billion dollar tv company what they should do 😂 do you know how bored people would be of just watching sports reruns all day?
bugstepper 352 The viewers who watch this “billion” dollar tv show at home is part of what helped them become so big. If viewers at home aren’t satisfied with the content they put out then they have the right to have an opinion on if they think their shows are trash (which they all have been lately). Therefore, the customer is always right.
They done a couple videos like signature moves and they were good
@@whatitdo8426 The consumer can easily take their views elsewhere. ESPN will continue to put out content they deem satisfactory until the numbers show them a reason not to. People like you who click on videos just complain fail to realize you're still contributing to the machine.
I can't wait for the 30 for 30
@J Lee snake on the move
Okc, dynasty but bust
bro fr😥
imagine there were no trades and leaving okc and have this insane lineup
pg: russ
sg: harden
sf: kd
pf: ibaka
c: steven adams
this would be the best team ever
Vaughn Garces harden was traded for rights to Steven adams
They wouldn't have Adams if they didn't trade Harden, since Adams was drafted from a draft pick they got from the Harden trade itself
It would’ve been Perkins at the five but still lmaoo
wouldve been perkins on c, but gosh, that lineup still a fire
It’s one of the toughest things I’ve had to experience growing up in okc. Both were my favorite growing up in middle school/high school. If he stayed 1 more year we would’ve won and then he joined the enemy who we should’ve beat. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook made me start watching basketball and made me a proud OKC Native and Fan. And to see it go down like that.
Me two bro me two...
Peyton manning violated KD 😂😂
i wont let the haters and doubters slow me down lol he had to, as a professional competitor I’m sure he was just disgusted with the move
Dreadie C I was being dramatic
Dreadie C he’s saying Peyton was prolly just as pissed off as the rest of the sports world for how weak it was
Soonerstars ding ding ding! you got it
It was so wholesome and moving when Kevin Durant spoke for Russel that was so moving🥺😂
When did ESPN become Access Hollywood 😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂
The KD-Russ-Harden Thunder are the equivalent of the Shaq-Penny Magic
@Daniel Harper What did the OKC Thunder win? You acting like they won titles. They won 1 game in the finals then blew a 3-1 lead to the Warriors knock it tf off
nah bro that thunder team was a dynasty in the making but egos and money got in the way
Jordan Davis to be fair that was Russ and KD without harden.
@@sekitoko2940 ur from aotearoa aye
@@darkkiwi6312 yup wellington
Man Russ and KD were so good together and if they would’ve stayed together for just a few more years they would’ve won more championships than Lebron and Dwayne Wade
Not with Westbrook on you're team 🤣🤣🤣
they tried do years and kept coming up short plus losing harden because the owners were too cheap is just bad. Durant was aging
The intro alone with the couple that called off the marriage was so corny lol
Y’all complain about everything ESPN post yet you’re still clicking on all their vids.
@Daniel Harper The title already suggests trash & milking content.
Gabriel Uwalaka exactly
Imagine being named Gabriel Uwalaka
Naw. If it warrants shitting on than it's worth shitting on. Who gives af whether we click on it to see. It's cringeworthy.
You are the real skip bay less.
This is such a good video! Amazing job Elle Duncan
2:11 did she just say MFer? LOL
This was actually very well done!
Well constructed, @ESPN and Ellle, enjoyed that!
OKC are like the western conference Orlando Magic. Magic had Shaq, Penny, TMac, Grant Hill and Howard at some point and only one two ECF. Thunder had 3 MVP’s and no rings
I never want to see this lady again 😂
Only a woman could talk about this in terms of relationship, marriage...dude, they're heterosexual guys, it's cringy.
It’s a metaphor, you insecure homophobe
Bruce Wayne insecure about what
@@Hatingonyall2023 his own masculinity/sexuality
Mark L. Carvens how so I thought it was a fine comparison but then she’d keep making it over and over again was very cringy. And I’m perfectly fine with my sexuality
Lol
Amazing video. Subbed
Great illustration this was so dope!!
This was so much more dramatic than it needed to be😂
Petty petty petty 😂
As a thunder fan this hurts 🤕
These are great. MORE PLEASE!!!
fantastic video great job miss
Leave it to a woman to turn this into a relationship scenario.🤦🏾♂️
She was trying to figure out how to connect to ESPN's mostly male audience....🤦🏾♂️
WildBar facts her narrative wasn’t even on point she forgot to mention how Harden choked in the 2012 Finals
Right
😂😂😂 the comments are gold
I wish they would have one together. Truly heartbreaking
These are amazing.
This is a cool video. ESPN should keep making these type of videos until NBA returns.
After Durant's second season he never won less than 50 games in seasons he finished. After his 3re season he never won less than 55 games. Russ without Durant is yet to win 50 games. The year Russ almost missed half the season. They still end up winning 59 games. They lost 4 more times when Russ came back after the allstar break than when Russ was out.
And the year russ got hurt in the playoffs? Funny how you left that part out.
Where is the KD Burner account move? That was the ultimate bitter Ex-girlfriend action.
Dreadie C ok kd
@Dreadie C ok champ keep reachin' lmao
@@andrewfitzgerald7940 Something that simple made me bust out laughing.
good video
I love videos like this, ESPN should do this more, it was good, and I like it ❄️❄️🥶🥶
This video is really interesting and cool to watch!
Story time with somebody’s mom 😂😂
😂😂😂 everything gotta be a relationship with mom yo ! This one is gold
I should've expected something weird when the title said "the split"
Being a big Russell Westbrook fan I feel like if KD had never left all the NBA beef would’ve never existed.
ESPN RAN OUTTA IDEAS
I dont blame them, blame corona!
They stole SB Nation beef history format
I miss them so much.
Amma keep it g this made me tear up during Kevin MVP's speech
ESPN blah blah blah. Ya'll clicked the video.
So did you
😂😂😂😂😂
ESPN CLEARY HAS NOTHING ELSE TO TALK ABOUT
this was lowkey sick😂
KD: russ would ran through a wall for me.
*”russ ran through a wall, looks back and KD was gone”*
why do they always make these 'relationships' so awkward. SMFH
Weakest move by a superstar. That will be marked for the rest of NBA history.
Blue Atlas fax 🤣 them rings don’t count
Cry about it No one will care after 20 years.
You’ll be dead in 30 years most likely by that time kd will be in the hof and the only thing that will be remembered is his rings
Definitely a weak move but I understand it, you wanna get trashed day in and day out by media and fans for not having a ring... or not... He chose the not, I get it
Bron did it first, why is ok for bron to build super teams and say I'll win 8 straight championships, why is ok to stack the deck EVERY YEAR and appear in 8 straight finals... the people that are upset with kd for evening the league up only believe bron should have super teams
8:09 - Ring is all about the story behind it!
Horry has 7; that doesn't mean he is a greater player compared to MJ who has 6.
Rachel, I know you did not just compare Russ and snake to a boy/girl relationship Edit: Who that lady and why she sound like Rachel Nichols
Imagine a Thunder team like this: Russ, Harden, PG, KD, Adams, Melo, Cp3, Shai, Oladipo, Ibaka, Sabonis, Kanter, Dort, and Shroeder
The level of absolute boredom needed to create this💀 Not mad at it tho
than dont watch you keep giving them money y stop lmao
Ahhh... they still talk about this when they are on COMPLETELY different teams... So ESPN can’t find a different topic...
This could be a mini series fr.i would stan
I think there will be a happy end in this story sooner or later.
Peter Solar channel hope so
I love Peyton Manning but that low blow to KD made me look at him crazy too 😂
the peyton manning moment was so goated
My favorite all time duo. Sad to see how it turned out bruh
This was genuinely some good entertainment
I just remember how good they looked with Reggie Jackson.
This was a great video, but I think it could’ve done with a little less romantic relationship parallel
OKC is basically like the ORL Magics in the 90s. What could've or should've been.
I dont know her name, but, I have seen her work on ESPN for some years now, and she is VERY GOOD at her job.
Ernie Simms Elle Duncan
6:38: "Nah, when I get on the court, I don't talk to anybody but my teamates"
~Dame Dolla enters the conversation~
That’s what i was thinking
I’m just trying to see what KD and Kyrie do next year.
Crush shyt n they got Jordan to n the middle
It’s going to be like Iverson and Carmelo all over again. My turn, your turn.
Good is such a simple word.
But this is really really good
Legendary
Greatest Duo in NBA History
Shaq and Kobe?
"we can all agree to one thing …… KD is a snake - that's how the quote should've ended
Real talk. After the Harden departure, KD and Russ had 4 chances to get to the finals. Two of them had one of them miss significant time due to a foot injury to KD and a Pat Beverly to Russ’ knee. The last year was against a 73-9 Warriors team that no one expected them to beat until 3-1. The last year was when the Spurs trashed the Heat in 5... but they lost that 4-2 cuz Ibaka was out. Their coaching wasn’t good w Scott Brooks and you only played 7 players on that Game 7 where you have Dion Waiters 39 min of playing time. We really gonna trash the two of them for that?
💯💯💯
Yes
Ibaka missed the 1st two games of the 2014 wcf because of a calf injury and lost both games.
That one two punch from Kd and Russ was crazy. Kd wasn’t even dominant on defense during those years in okc. So much potential left in the table
Who’s here after they just made up tonight?
dis jus weird straight up
It is
@No Drugs it kinda is
Laz Crunk kinda is
@@lonutta it really is
This the type of videos that make a man cry 😢
She said it so well I was acc very impressed
I never saw KD and Russell Westbrook as a duo I always saw KD, Russell Westbrook, and James Harden as a trio and I think James Harden was the glue but once the glue was gone or traded to another team and Russell and kd were left to be a duo I think that’s when they fell apart they were never meant to be a duo they were so are we supposed to be a trio with the man in the middle who kept them together. It’s very sad though they made such an amazing team hi always ask myself what if they had all stay together.
Elle Duncan killed it. Awesome job!
This make me emotional
That team drafted three MVPs. They should have been a dynasty. From 2013 until today they should have been winning multiple championships. Presti really messed up leaving Harden.
I think KD is becoming the King of Media😂
*Queen
Beginning of video: idk we just lost 30 minutes ago
Last week: I knew I was leaving beginning of season
I was at KD first game back in OKC the energy was crazy
This breaks my heart I can’t watch this
They going too play again together watch kd too Rockets with James harden
Manman Tha famous crip I was thinking that too but ain’t happening he’s a snake I’m an okc and rockets fan we don’t welcome him in Houston but demar derozan and serge ibaka might sign 👌🏾
The fact that kd joined golden state still amazes me. Imagine a championship with okc. Just a bad look.
Literally 1 chip with OKC puts him in the top 20 convo maybe higher. 2 in Golden State didnt do that.
Leroy Rodgers he’s fasho top 20 but 2 with okc would’ve put him top 10 top 5
He is still top 10. Lebron got two chips at Miami, it doesn't count?
@@kingwata1 he didn't join the enemy he teamed up to beat the enemy. Kd joined the team that beat him that's why they view it as a weak move.
@@dezdakid3704 bs. Miami and Cleveland play in the same conference. Why don't let others join you. The weakest move of any top 10 player. No goat apart lebron has joined another team to win ring.
Lol the tinder thing killed me
*SB NATION DESERVES AN HONORABLE MENTION*