Daily Thunder · Apr 14, 2018
Wake Up Call: What is Westbrook’s Legacy?
Russell Westbrook really did it again. 25.4 points per game, 10.1 rebounds per game, 10.3 assists per game. Since the NBA was founded on June 6, 1946, not a single player of the estimated 5,000 to put on a jersey has ever averaged 10 or more points, rebounds, and assists in consecutive seasons. Except for the Brodie. That’s insane.
Yet somehow, in this upside-down dystopian reality that we all live in but only exists inside our phones and computers, the fact above has been turned into a bad thing. “Westbrook is a stat-chaser!” “He’s a stat-padder!” “Triple-doubles are arbitrary!” “This is exactly why the Thunder won the same number of gamest this year as last year!”
Sigh.