Russell Westbrook doesn’t care who Stephen Curry picked for MVP

Russell Westbrook is back to pretending the Golden State Warriors don’t exist, making fun of Steph Curry’s MVP pick.

Russell Westbrook has been a man against the entire world this season. When Kevin Durant bolted for the Warriors it left Westbrook all alone to try and carry his team as their lone superstar. So far he’s done pretty well averaging a triple double and for the most part avoiding drama.

Whenever Westbrook is asked about the Warriors he usually says he doesn’t care and pretends they don’t exist. The drama between him and Durant peaked right before the All-Star game, but since the break it’s for the most part died down.

Then, someone asked Stephen Curry who he would pick for MVP this year. As a former MVP himself this is a pretty normal question to ask Curry. However, there’s also a little bit of drama that can be associated with who Curry picks.

As a teammate of Durant he can’t pick Westbrook for MVP even if the drama there has fizzled down a little. He could have gone the alternate route and picked LeBron James or Kawhi Leonard to avoid the situation entirely, but that would be disingenuous. Most people believe that the MVP is a two man race between Westbrook and Harden so Curry went with Harden. Westbrook doesn’t really care.

“I don’t care. Who’s he?” Ouch. Well, Westbrook is definitely keeping up with the status quo of how he’s handled Warriors related questions for this entire season. However, he had to know how that comment he tacked on at the end was going to be taken once it was heard. By saying “Who’s he?” you’re disrespecting the credibility of the person saying the comment. Curry, a rival of Westbrook’s, is not a player that gets the typical “Who’s he?” treatment.

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In Westbrook’s defense, this could have just been a poor choice of words. He might have meant “What’s his opinion matter to me?” which really it shouldn’t. Curry isn’t a teammate of his and he plays on a potential playoff team. What Curry thinks about the MVP race shouldn’t matter to Westbrook at all.