Russell Westbrook

Take that, Mark Cuban. Ahead of the Dallas Mavericks’ Game 5 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night, a letdown that bounced them from the first round of the playoffs, Cuban had a not-so-nice, totally out-of-touch thing to say about Russell Westbrook, per ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: [tweet https://twitter.com/espn_macmahon/status/724732258670649345] Westbrook responded with a 36-point, [...]

Russell Westbrook and Oklahoma City Thunder rookie Cameron Payne have a pregame routine. It’s extensive and elaborate and borders on interpretive dance. And it’s important to them. On Monday night, ahead of the Dallas Mavericks’ surprise win over the Thunder, Charlie Villanueva didn’t care. He interrupted the pregame ritual of Oklahoma City’s point guards, per [...]

Russell Westbrook has a pretty incredible 18 triple-doubles this season, tying Magic Johnson for the most in any NBA season since the 1960s. He was especially special at stuffing the stat sheet in the month of March, tying Michael Jordan for the most triple doubles in a single month in NBA history. Ice Cube would [...]

When Reggie Jackson was traded from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Detroit Pistons, it meant that he was no longer Russell Westbrook’s friend by association. And on Tuesday night, at the end of the Pistons victory over the shorthanded Thunder, he experienced the full wrath of being disassociated from Oklahoma City’s mutant. Westbrook apparently [...]

LeBron James harbors no ill will toward his two sons for admiring the games of Stephen Curry and Russell Westbrook. Because, obviously. They’re his sons. He’s not a monster. But there’s also the matter of Curry and Westbrook being pretty damn good basketball players, which is why LeBron James’ sons have modeled their own jersey [...]

Kevin Durant signing with the New York Knicks in 2016 free agency is a pipe dream. Russell Westbrook joining New York as a free agent in 2017? Now that’s possible. Supposedly. Here’s Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports: The Knicks have a real chance to sell Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook in 2017 – New York and [...]

On the eve of Super Bowl 50, the Golden State Warriors and Oklahoma City Thunder will meet for the first time this season, because the NBA, as it turns out, loves you. This is a marquee matchup, between two marquee teams, with subtly enormous stakes. The Warriors have yet another opportunity to prove they’re head [...]

The Clippers emergence without Blake Griffin is a head-scratcher, for sure. Who knows; they probably would’ve been just as successful with him in the lineup during this stretch, but it’s not a good look for him. Because of the success minus Blake, rumors are swirling about dealing him. One such rumor suggests that the Clippers [...]

Three players registered a triple-double during Friday’s action: Russell Westbrook, Hassan Whiteside and Marcus Smart. This was only the second time this had happened in the NBA in the past 13 years, the only other time was on April 1, 2015. Here is the statline for each player and some additional info: Russell Westbrook: Westbrook [...]

Draymond Green is on fire. During the Golden State Warriors’ 111-101 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Monday night, Green notched yet another triple-double, this time going for 13 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists. It was the eighth triple-double of his young NBA career, and his third in the last three games. In case [...]