Gordon took concern with the piece, pivoting from reflecting on the loss to supply his ideas on his teammate. “Actually, I don’t really feel like speaking concerning the recreation,” he mentioned. “Earlier I caught wind of an article that came out about Russell Westbrook and our locker room after Game 2, which was a completely arbitrary article and pointless and unnecessary. Russ is without doubt one of the most gifted basketball gamers that has ever performed the sport of basketball. And fairly frankly, he’s been nice for us all yr lengthy. We’re brothers, we spend extra time with our workforce than we do with our household. After all there’s going to be disagreements. However that dialog wasn’t for anyone aside from our personal group.” -via Sports Illustrated / Could 15, 2025