OKC Thunder notebook: Kevin Durant, Scott Brooks happy to have Russell Westbrook locked up

 
BY DARNELL MAYBERRY, Staff Writer, dmayberry@opubco.com
Published: January 21, 2012

Kevin Durant on Saturday said Russell Westbrook deserves the maximum five-year contract that will pay him approximately $80 million. It's a contract that will keep Westbrook in a Thunder uniform through the 2016-17 season and teammates with Durant through at least 2015-16.

“I'm excited for Russell. He's worked so hard,” Durant said. “A lot of people wrote him off. When we drafted him, people kind of d...


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