Russell Westbrook

Back in the 1970s hall of fame baseball player Reggie Jackson was known as “Mr. October” for his legendary clutch moments in the playoffs as a member of the New York Yankees and the Oakland Athletics. I think it is time we start referring to Russell Westbrook as “Mr. Triple Double.” Westbrook registered his incredible [...]

Mark Cuban is back to belittling Russell Westbrook. Maybe. The Dallas Mavericks owner said the point guard wasn’t a superstar last May, and now, apparently, he doesn’t believe Westbrook is in the mix for league MVP, per ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: [tweet https://twitter.com/espn_macmahon/status/838544941915631617] If Cuban’s sentiment is that Westbrook isn’t as valuable as James Harden and [...]

As we look ahead to NBA All Star weekend, Mountain Dew releases its new ad featuring DEW partner and MVP candidate Russell Westbrook. In Don’t Do They, Russell and DEW challenge ‘they,’ instigating a culture that pushes boundaries and encourages people to “do you.” Westbrook is an athlete who constantly challenges the status quo, inspiring [...]

There was an article written on Bleacher Report Monday by NBA writer Brian Boyles which detailed how the Pelicans have failed to effectively build around star forward Anthony Davis, but there was one piece of information that was especially interesting. According to the media group that represents Davis and Westbrook there have been discussions of [...]

With James Harden checking in as an MVP favorite for 2016-17, he hasn’t been linked so strongly to Russell Westbrook since the two played together with the Oklahoma City Thunder. And yes, for the record, he does miss those days. As Harden told ESPN’s Hannah Storm, per Erik Horne of the Oklahoman: Harden, now battling Russell [...]

Russell Westbrook has been having a magical season as the lone alpha dog in Oklahoma City and has managed to do the unthinkable thus far by averaging a triple-double through the first half of the 2016-17 NBA season. In 42 games he is averaging 30.9 points, 10.7 rebounds and 10.5 assists per game for the [...]

Well whatya know: Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander shares the same MVP sentiments as NBA Twitter. During a conference call about his funding for various local charities, Alexander told reporters that he believes the league’s MVP race is down to James Harden and Russell Westbrook, per ESPN.com’s Calvin Watkins: In a conference call with reporters [...]

Mark Cuban is known as being one of the most successful, outspoken and interesting entrepreneurs in the world. He is also the passionate and very present owner of the Dallas Mavericks and very much a fabric of the NBA for the past 16 years or so. Being such a massive success in business and as [...]

The Thunder have played 22 games so far this season and Russell Westbrook has posted a gaudy 31.0 points, 10.9 rebounds, while dishing out 11.3 assists. What he has done so far is unthinkable. We haven’t seen a player average a triple double for an entire season since Oscar Robertson. Nor have we seen anyone [...]

Russell Westbrook is the realest. Maybe that has something to do with the fact that he’s averaging a triple-double. You read that correctly. He is Oscar Robertson-ing the the modern-day NBA. Or maybe Westbrook’s status as the realest is due to him not giving two craps about averaging said triple-double. As he said after the [...]