The NBA and NBA MEDIA and its treatment of Russell Westbrook ruined a last experience from the fans of an all time great. We are shocked because it was unexpected. He's still better than 75% of the NBA. We were supposed to know when it was his last season. It's Wrong man.
Russell Westbrook averages vs The Phoenix Suns from games 2,3,4:
32 PPG
6.3 RPG
7.0 APG
1.3 SPG
1.3 BPG
39 MPG
- Back to back 30 point games (3 and 4)
- On 54/50/93 splits
- 64% True Shooting
- Top tier defence on KD & Booker
Beating the washed allegations, revived my love for basketball after 1.5 seasons of misery and seeing the Russ out of the league posts
Yall quick to judge why russ fans hate lakers media so much. When things like this happen
With the lakers
After the lakers
YEARS after the lakers.
This is nasty
“Russell Westbrook’s blown defensive assignment against Malik Monk at the end of regulation did not go unnoticed in the Lakers’ locker room… I would be lying if I said it didn’t get brought up by at least one person in the Lakers’ locker room.”
-Dan Woike, L.A. Times
#LakeShow
reducing Russ to another run-of-the-mill high-volume usage-bearer is kinda nasty considering he holds a top 3 playmaking season ever. hell if you just look at the peak RAPM leaderboard he has like a t5 offensive peak in that database
There are a lot of people still doesnt realize that russ had all the freedom to chase ring and team up with any star but he chose to stay and because of that things aligned for the OKC. Oladipo to PG and PG resigned solely because of russ and getting shai and all of those picks.
Russell Westbrook signing his extension with the #Thunder a month to the day after Kevin Durant left remains one of the coolest things I covered. Russ got the reception he deserved.
I remember asking assistant coach Mo Cheeks, what’s harder to do? Workout after practice or before?? I only asked cuz by time I would get to the gym, Russ was already done in the morning and I usually got mine in after practice. Mo like, “coming in before practice is probably harder”…since then, it’s been my routine….a lot of people looked at the emotions on the court and thought Russ was loud, nah to me, he was quiet and methodical. He lead by example and once the lights were bright, he let everything out and experienced pure freedom. It was inspiring as his teammate and everywhere I went, I seen it inspire people from all walks of life, crazy thing is, he didn’t say much, he just showed up. For 18 years. This basketball life is sacred to us as professionals, what we put into that court means everything. Some of us wish we could go back and do things with a little more intent and some can just wipe their hands and be satisfied with the time spent. Who u gonna be? We know what zero was on…keep inspiring in the next phase of life champ. I don’t care what happens, can’t erase what it was…The first YNs, finals run in our early 20s, all star games, seeing each other get injured and bounce back, the bus rides, plane rides, card games, jokes and arguments, the whole thing, memorable!! …to the whole Westbrook family, Nina, the kids, mama Westbrook, big Russ, Ray, Donnell, everybody from luezinger high and ucla and many more that I’m forgettin, much love and Congratulations on a iconic career.
I remember asking assistant coach Mo Cheeks, what’s harder to do? Workout after practice or before?? I only asked cuz by time I would get to the gym, Russ was already done in the morning and I usually got mine in after practice. Mo like, “coming in before practice is probably harder”…since then, it’s been my routine….a lot of people looked at the emotions on the court and thought Russ was loud, nah to me, he was quiet and methodical. He lead by example and once the lights were bright, he let everything out and experienced pure freedom. It was inspiring as his teammate and everywhere I went, I seen it inspire people from all walks of life, crazy thing is, he didn’t say much, he just showed up. For 18 years. This basketball life is sacred to us as professionals, what we put into that court means everything. Some of us wish we could go back and do things with a little more intent and some can just wipe their hands and be satisfied with the time spent. Who u gonna be? We know what zero was on…keep inspiring in the next phase of life champ. I don’t care what happens, can’t erase what it was…The first YNs, finals run in our early 20s, all star games, seeing each other get injured and bounce back, the bus rides, plane rides, card games, jokes and arguments, the whole thing, memorable!! …to the whole Westbrook family, Nina, the kids, mama Westbrook, big Russ, Ray, Donnell, everybody from luezinger high and ucla and many more that I’m forgettin, much love and Congratulations on a iconic career.
Russell Westbrook literally broke a metric.
A common metric is BPM and it wasn't calibrated to handle Russ' triple-doubles in his MVP year. BPM made him look like the absolute greatest player ever. The developers had to fix things so that he was merely great, not superhuman.