Oklahoma City Thunder's Russell Westbrook has been the topic of much conversation during these NBA playoffs - but not regarding his play:
CLOSE SportsPulse: USA TODAY Sports' Jeff Zillgitt breaks down the biggest story lines from Sunday's games, including the Celtics' dominant performance in the first round. USA TODAYThe issue? Westbrook's responses — or, non-responses — to questions asked by The Oklahoman's Berry Tramel during his postgame media availability sessions.
After Game 4 loss to Blazers, Thunder's Russell Westbrook alters his "next question" strategy in stand-off with OKC reporter: "Uh, that's a good question. Um. Not sure." pic.twitter.com/c0PSt3y5RP "It's all part of the business," Kerr said. "You've got to feed information to the fans. You don't have to give a great answer, but it's dangerous when you go down that path of no communication because one of the reasons people like the league right now is we have a lot of great players, really good guys who handle themselves well. So don't kill that. You've got to keep that going. That's a big part of the business."2019: Next question pic.twitter.
Smith then shared a personal account of a similar situation during his playing days with the Houston Rockets.
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