The only uncontroversial opinion a person can have about Russell Westbrook is that there are no uncontroversial opinions about Russell Westbrook. No current NBA player spawns such divergent assessments of his play from any one of his performances.
Just look at this pair of back-to-back quote tweets assessing a stat about his play in Friday’s win against the Hawks:
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What’s even wilder is that both seemingly diametrically opposed opinions are actually somehow kind of right!
Russell Westbrook’s 13 assists did help fuel some of the Lakers’ most “BEAUTIFUL BASKETBALL” of the season.