Westbrook will bring a new fire to us

The media painted a picture of Westbrook being a greedy stat padder that was anti-team and only concerned about himself. Kevin Durant made numerous comments about hi being a bad teammate. That narrative has led to people disliking Westbrook as a selfish player.

My point is that his teammates rallied around him because they wanted him to get the records. If you go back and watch his MVP season at the end, assists were his slow stat. There were handfuls of times when Russ passed to someone and they took a poor guarded shot because they wanted to get him an assist. The following year, rebounds were his low stat. Steven Adams watched balls bounce on the court literally blocking defenders so Russ could get the rebound. So this refutes the common claim that Westbrook is just a selfish ball hog that will never win a championship because he doesn’t play team ball.

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