Russell Westbrook and Nick Collison met with Kevin Durant in West Hollywood shortly before the start of free agency.

Westbrook asked Durant what he could do and how he could change. Durant was set to meet with several teams during the first few days of July.

“He went above and beyond,” Collison said.

Westbrook also offered to fly to the Hamptons where Durant would meet with teams.

Westbrook received a text from Durant on July 4th that he was going to sign with the Golden State Warriors. Westbrook played dominoes with longtime friends like Donnell Beverly that day.

“He didn’t talk much about what happened,” said Beverly.

Westbrook posted a bittersweet photo on Instagram of three plates of cupcakes with a "HAPPY 4th YALL..." caption.

When Kendrick Perkins played for the Thunder he called teammates "cupcake" if he thought they were acting a little soft and the term was playfully adopted by Durant and Westbrook.

“This is professional sports,” Westbrook said. “You have to live with it. I just continued about my day.”

Beverly turned the topic to Oklahoma City as the day went on.

“I like my team,” Westbrook told him. “I still really like my team.”

“I don’t know if Russ was hurt,” said Steven Adams, “because he’d never tell me, and he’d definitely never tell you.”