Liam

70's kid born in the 90's | RN | Sportsball Nerd | “Google Me Chuck” - Shaq 5/8/18 “Throw this damn metal can at you” Shaq 4/30/19 “Not what it’s not” - Luke W

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Russell Westbrook retired today with the most triple-doubles in NBA history. The name written on his wrist for all 18 seasons belongs to the kid UCLA actually wanted. That kid died at 16, and Westbrook spent two decades playing for both of them.

Westbrook was a 5'8", 140-pound freshman that no college recruited. The call UCLA's head coach made to his high school in 2004 was about Khelcey Barrs III, Westbrook's best friend from across the street in Hawthorne. A 6'6" phenom pulling scholarship offers as a sophomore. The two had a pact to play at UCLA together, then the NBA.

In May 2004, during a pickup game at LA Southwest College, Barrs collapsed on the court. An undiagnosed enlarged heart.

Westbrook walked across the street every morning after that to do his friend's chores at his grandmother's house. Then he grew 7 inches, averaged 25 a game as a junior, and took the UCLA offer they were supposed to accept together. From that point on he played like a man carrying two careers.

The numbers he put up look like typos.

209 triple-doubles is the most in NBA history, and it took breaking Oscar Robertson's record that stood for 47 years. In 2017 he averaged a triple-double across an entire season, something no human had done since 1962, then did it three more times. 27,176 points, 14th all time. 10,351 assists, 5th all time, behind only Stockton, CP3, Kidd, and LeBron. He did all of it at 6'3" in a league of giants, and outlasted the franchise that drafted him. Seattle picked him 4th in 2008 and stopped existing before he played a game.

And in every one of his 1,301 games, he wore two wristbands. One said KB3. The other said "Why not?"

People spent 18 years asking why he played every possession like the building was on fire. He was playing for two.

[Liam @WiseWill8]

@allstarbrewers He’s a good representation of Wisco

[Liam @WiseWill8]

@TheHoopHerald @BillSimmons

[Liam @WiseWill8]

@johnfio_ Might as well just get into train sets

[Elmo @elmo]

Elmo just wants to set the record straight... ❤️❤️ GO TEAM USA! ⚽

[ESPN @espn]

STEPHON CASTLE MY GOODNESS 😳

[Liam @WiseWill8]

@Gordon_Hultz @ChinstrapSwag @TitleTalkIntern

[Kyle Malzhan @KyleMalzhan]

Less than two years ago, Kon Knueppel was hooping in a church gym in Kaukauna, winning the Holy Cross Tournament MVP.

Last night? He was on the floor in Los Angeles, lining up against LeBron freakin’ James and Luka Doncic dropping 19 pts in a victory.

Life comes at you fast.

[MLFootball @MLFootball]

CHILLS: THE ENTIRE #BUCCANEERS TEAM CELEBRATING WITH MIKE EVANS AS HE MADE HISTORY.

🥹🥹🥹

This was the moment Evans tied Jerry Rice as the only player with 1,000+ receiving yards in each of his first 11 seasons.

Mike is the best. All class and heart

[Alec @Alec_332]

Micah Parsons reacts to becoming a Packer. You love to see it🔥🧀 #Packers

[Liam @WiseWill8]

@TheWealthMill @QuiverQuant He’s said a lot worse

[BlackBird444🇺🇸 @BlkBird444]

“#MLK files have been released showing he demanded nearly $2 TRILLION in #REPARATIONS”

[kira 👾 @kirawontmiss]

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[Polymarket Hoops @PolymarketHoops]

LeBron James on this day in 2012:

45 PTS
15 REB
5 AST
19/26 FG

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

Denzel Clarke just had one of the best Home Run Robberies you’ll ever see @StoolBaseball

[Liam @WiseWill8]

@ApexJones22 @AnthonyGambino_

[K.N.C👑🇵🇷SZN ♋💯🔴 @IEat_Her_Tweets]

Ernie with the Boondocks reference 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[alexis @Alexisfromvegas]

no mention of who his father is?

we only care about nepotism when it applies to Bron and Bronny, right? Ok 👍🏽

[Derrick L. Quarles ® @PoliticalWiiz]

#NottowayPlantation, once the home of over 150 enslaved Africans under John Hampden Randolph caught fire yesterday afternoon.

That land carries centuries of pain, and it seems the ancestors had time today. 🔥✊🏾 Some debts don’t stay buried.