The Thunder Three Young Masters Westbrook was the worst in the past, and Durant and Harden can still get high salaries in the new season

On July 1, the three young masters of Thunder who used to dominate the league, now have a different situation - Westbrook, who once swept the court with his explosive physical fitness, became the most desolate frustrated among the three. When Durant still holds the aura of two-time FMVP, and when Harden signs a contract of tens of millions of dollars with the Clippers with his historical scoring ability, Westbrook can only take over the veteran's basic salary contract given by the Lakers in the cold winter of the free market. The balance of fate is tilted so thoroughly, as if the MVP with 42 triple-doubles in a single season that year was just a yellowed memory.

What is even more sad is the huge difference in the honor book: Durant holds four-time scoring champions and two championship rings, Harden also has an MVP, scoring champion and assist king. Apart from a lonely MVP trophy and those triple-double data that shock the past and present, Westbrook is hard to produce hardcore honors that are comparable to the two brothers.

His career was like a tragic charge, exchanging an epic performance of a triple-double per game at the cost of overdrawing his knees, but he failed repeatedly in the arena of team achievements. In those years, he was walking alone with thunder, but now he looked like Sisyphus who pushed the stone up the mountain in Greek mythology, full of heroism.

When the spotlight of the new season focuses on Durant's deadly pull and Harden's magical step back, Westbrook can only occasionally ignite the audience with his remaining explosive power during less than 20 minutes of substitute time per game - this may be the cruelest fable of competitive sports: the net of talent, opportunity and destiny, which finally allowed the trident, which once played side by side, to a completely different other shore.