Washington Wizards coach Scott Brooks did Russell Westbrook a disservice.
"I used to always say he's going to probably go down as the third-best point guard ever, but I think he's passed one and he's going to go down as probably the second-best," Brooks told reporters last week, ranking the point guard he has coached for eight seasons behind only Magic Johnson, according to NBC Sports' Chase Hughes. "What he does, there's no point guard that has ever done it. Nobody. Nobody."
That exaggeration belies Westbrook's greatness, painting a growing legend as a caricature.