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.
Great player not taking anything away from him, but he’s comfortably around the Kyrie (all time) level convo’s as of right now. Probably a slight edge to Brunson, I think having him ahead of guys like cp3 and harden is recency bias in full swing.
@Dame_Time1023 comparing butt naked wide open corner 3 percentage to bringing the ball up the court getting double teamed and taking a 30 foot heavily contested off the dribble side step 3 percentage 💀
@chinamaniac@BabaIsa0 @FDSportsbook @bball_pardy Curry similar to Jordan had front running teams head and shoulders above rest of competition give me prime Lebron and a D2 college team and they can make the finals, pippen was 2nd best perimeter player of 90s
@chinamaniac @FDSportsbook @bball_pardy Pretty sure they actually didn’t test nba players back then, many would say that was the steroid era of the league