There was a lot of preseason hype building up Kevin Durant as the 2010-11 NBA MVP.
Maybe the freshly extended young superstar is beginning to feel the pressure for the first time in his young career, because he's not even the MVP of his own team. While KD's numbers are slightly shy of where many projected him to be, especially in terms of field goal percentage, Russell Westbrook's emergence as a legitimate MVP contender has put the rest of the league on notice.
Averaging 24.4 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 8.5 assists, Westbrook has been an absolute beast in every sense of the word. Additionally, Westbrook is averaging an incredible 2.2 steals per contest and seems to have really elevated his game.
Surpassing every expectation that the front office has held for him since drafting him fourth overall out of UCLA, the duo of Westbrook and Durant is comparable to any other 1-2 punch in the NBA.
The Thunder haven't played as well as some had thought they would after the team gave the Lakers a surprising run in the first round of last season's playoffs, but this is clearly a team that can compete both now and well into the future. However, if they h ...
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