Kevin Durant was made out to be a liar yesterday. Or so we thought.

Royce Young, who covers the Thunder for ESPN, appeared on the ESPN TrueHoop podcast and relayed what was misconstrued as a true story about Durant telling Russell Westbrook and the Thunder that he would be returning next season. That is not how Young intended his comments to appear.

Young has since clarified his comments:

“On the podcast I said, Three weeks ago, Kevin Durant's sitting there at dinner, telling [Westbrook], ‘Hey I’m coming back, man. Don't worry about it.' And now Russell Westbrook's kinda been thrown into this in having to decide his future a summer earlier than expected.

“These were not direct quotes meant to be attributed to Durant. It was an attempt to characterize what Westbrook thought his situation was going to be in Oklahoma City and how Durant's leaving impacts his thinking about his future.”

It was an honest mistake by Young. There most likely was a feeling from Westbrook and the Thunder that Durant wasn't going to leave, and this is all he meant to portray.

Durant was always open about how much he enjoyed and appreciated being in OKC and playing for the Thunder. The possibility of his departure almost never became real until it really happened.

A moral victory, but at least Thunder fans can rest easy knowing that Durant didn't lie to Westbrook.

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