No Russ has never verbalized his envy. IMO he shows it on the court by trying to take over & state his dominance. He repeatedly did that with KD & that behavior was never corrected which is why KD left. He did the same with Victor. It's no coinkidink that when players leave OKC they excel with their new teams. KD, Victor & Harden are all examples of this.
They need a coach that will help get RW in check in that regard. Letting have free reign isn't always good for the team. As we've seen in the past it has literally lost them games/series.
I still wonder if giving up Derozan was the right move. See, Kawhi hasn't done anything in Tor so far that Derozan didn't. And now with LBJ out West how do we know how far Derozan could've taken Tor? My point is they were the top team in the East with Derozan but the roadblock was LBJ & the Cavs. He was traded the same year LBJ left the east which was a bit premature - especially when we consider his loyalty to that team vs. Kawhai possibly walking away in the summer. They could end up getting zero on the trade in.
That's a real scoop you posted there. Thanks for the tip!
