Breakups are always messy. The Kevin Durant–Russell Westbrook split is no different.

Durant reportedly sent Westbrook a text 30 minutes after his decision to join the Warriors went public to express some thoughts to his former running mate. Westbrook deleted it.

When news broke yesterday that Westbrook was signing a three-year, $86 million extension with the Thunder, Durant was asked about it, and he gave a thoughtful response.

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“I’m happy to see any player in this league do whatever they want to do,” Durant said. “As long as he wasn’t pressured to do anything and felt like he did everything he wanted to do. And that’s how I feel about every player in this league. It’s good for him, man. It’s good for his family. It’s good for the people in Oklahoma City that love to watch him play and love to have him on their team.

“I got nothing but positive energy and vibes for everybody. I don’t have no beef with anybody or wish no ill will on anybody. So if he did what he wanted to do, that’s better. That’s great for him.”

KD and Westbrook still haven't talked since Durant's decision. But Westbrook did hint during his press conference yesterday that he doesn't want to just throw away eight years of friendship.

But for now, they're still not communicating.

“That’s a touchy deal. I don’t know,” Durant said. “It’s easy for someone else to tell me what I should do, but you guys don’t know how that whole thing [went down]. I don’t know, man. I’ll see after this is over and once everything dies down. Like I said before, at some point we’ll sit down and talk. But I don’t know when.”