Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook is less than impressed with the verbal jabs ex-teammate Kevin Durant has levelled at his former club since departing for the Golden State Warriors.
 Durant left Oklahoma City as a free agent after last season, and this week sung the praises of his new team filled with “selfless” players.
“I feel really grateful to play for a team like that and play with a bunch of players who are selfless and enjoy the game in its purest form,” Durant said. “They make it about the players, they make it about the environment, so it was really an easy choice.”
 A reporter couldn’t resist relaying those comments to Westbrook.
“That’s cute, man. That’s cute,” Westbrook said. “My job is to worry about what’s going on here. We’re gonna worry about all the selfish guys we’ve got over here, apparently. We’re gonna figure that out.”
 Westbrook insisted he wasn’t interested in being drawn into a war of words with Durant. “To me it doesn’t matter,” Westbrook said. “My job is to worry about here. Honestly, I’m really tired of talking about it, so any time anybody asks me another question, I’m just not gonna answer. Just FYI — I’m not talking about it no more.”
 Durant and Westbrook will meet again on court soon. The Warriors host the Thunder on November 3.
 Meanwhile, Golden State forward Draymond Green jumped to the
defense of his new teammate Durant when he took umbrage to the latest
remark aimed at the former Oklahoma City player’s decision to join the
Warriors.
 Earlier in the day, Los Angeles Clippers forward Paul Pierce said in a radio interview that “you don’t go join the team that just pushed you out”, referencing Durant’s move to the team that defeated the Thunder in last season’s Western Conference Finals.
 The statement drew a response from Green, who has never been one to shy away from making his opinions known. “I just wonder at what point do they get bored talking about the same thing,” Green said. “You got all these guys talking. Like Pierce today, like, dude, nobody cares what you did or who you did it for. Just give it a break. Everybody got something to say and want to take everything he say and twist it.”

Houston Rockets player in Great Wall of China trouble
Bobby Brown of US basketball team the Houston Rockets asked for forgiveness on Chinese social media after drawing anger for inscribing his name on the country’s Great Wall.
 Brown, point guard for the team, posted a photo of his signature scratched in white onto a grey stone section of the iconic structure on Sina Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter. His post drew outrage from Chinese internet users who accused him of vandalism. Brown later deleted the photo and wrote a message reading “I’m so sorry for this... I respect Chinese culture and made an honest mistake”.
 The Houston Rockets have been in China this week for pre-season matches, common for top NBA teams seeking to promote themselves in China. Basketball is hugely popular in the country, with major US stars and teams able to win lucrative sponsorship and endorsement contracts from Chinese firms.
 The Great Wall was built more than a millennium ago to keep invading foreigners away from China’s capital. But at some sections of the Wall such as Badaling, an hour’s drive from Beijing, it is easy to find bricks covered with graffiti in Chinese and foreign languages. In 2014, state media said a specific area would be established at one section of the wall where visitors may scribble freely.