Kevin Durant, Kendrick Perkins Exchange Twitter Jabs During Russell Westbrook's Return to OKC

As former Thunder guard Russell Westbrook returned to OKC with the Rockets, two other former Thunder players were busy exchanging tweets.

As former Thunder guard Russell Westbrook was making his appearance as a visiting players in Oklahoma City, two other former Thunder players were busy exchanging tweets.

The thread started earlier on Thursday when Perkins, an ESPN analyst who played for the Thunder from 2010-14, tweeted that he thought Westbrook was "the best player to have ever put on a Oklahoma City Thunder jersey" and called Westbrook "Mr. Thunder."

In about 30 minutes I’m going to give my opinion on @SportsCenter on why Believe that Russell Westbrook is the best player to have ever put on a Oklahoma City Thunder Jersey!!! He is MR. THUNDER!!!

— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) January 9, 2020

Celtics analyst Marc D'Amico offered his opinion on Westbrook's Thunder legacy before Durant then chimed in.

I think Russ walked right into the door called “Second Round of the Playoffs” - THREE STRAIGHT TIMES!

— Marc D'Amico (@Marc_DAmico) January 9, 2020

Perkins and Durant then re-visited their respective careers in OKC. Durant called out Perkins' production with the Thunder, while Perkins clapped back by discussing Durant's decision to leave Oklahoma City for Golden State.

Yea and our starting center @KendrickPerkins averaged a whopping 2 and 3 during that series. U played hard tho champ lol

— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) January 10, 2020

Boy stop you did the weakest move in NBA History!!! Up on a team 3-1 in the western conference finals and then go join them the following season?! Heart of Champion right there

— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) January 10, 2020

Weak is starting at center, playing real minutes with no production. Should’ve worked on your skills as much as I did

— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) January 10, 2020

That’s fine!!! You worked that hard and still had to go join a 73-9 team. Truth be told you don’t even feel like a real Champ, you have hard time sleeping at night huh knowing that you took the coward way out!!!

— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) January 10, 2020

On Wednesday, Durant also got into a Twitter debate about the Brooklyn Nets' relevancy. 

What does it say?

— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) January 9, 2020

While all this was happening, Westbrook's new team fell to his old one, 113-92. Looks like OKC got along just fine without Mr. Thunder Thursday night.