When former Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams joined the podcast of his New Orleans Pelicans teammate J.J. Redick, an old friend came up in conversation.
Redick asked Adams about Russell Westbrook, who played with Adams for the first six years of the center’s career in OKC. Adams spoke fondly of Westbrook, even when talking about the energy that could rub some people the wrong way.
“He just reminded me of one of my older brothers, you know what I mean?” Adams said. “They’re intense and stuff, and they say a lot of things and whatnot, but you kind of got to sift through all that and see what they actually say. … It doesn’t really matter how intense they say it, as long as the message is getting across.”
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“Off the court, bro, solid dude. Awesome. Really, really cool,” Adams said. “And then on the court obviously, he’s bloody passionate — whatever you want to call it, whatever you want to name it: intense, passionate, angry, freakin’ psycho, whatever.”
Westbrook was just one of the topics Adams talked about. He also spoke about Kevin Durant, the Thunder culture and playoff series, including that time as rookie when Zach Randolph hit him in the face and got suspended.