104 Facts About Russell Westbrook

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Russell Westbrook III was born on November 12,1988 and is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association.

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In 2017, the year he won the league MVP award, Westbrook became one of two players in NBA history to average a triple-double for a season, along with Oscar Robertson in 1962.

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Russell Westbrook set a record for the most triple-doubles in a season, with 42.

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Russell Westbrook went on to average a triple-double the following two seasons as well as lead the league in assists and become the first player to lead the league in points and assists in multiple seasons.

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Russell Westbrook played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins and earned third-team all-conference honors in the Pac-10.

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Russell Westbrook was selected with the fourth overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics, who then relocated to Oklahoma City that same week.

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Russell Westbrook has represented the United States national team twice, winning gold medals in the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2012 Olympics.

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Russell Westbrook did not start on his school's varsity team until his junior year, and did not receive his first college recruiting letter until the summer before his senior year.

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Russell Westbrook initially did not attract much attention from top college basketball programs.

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Russell Westbrook wore number 0 throughout his career at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Russell Westbrook averaged 3.4 points, 0.8 rebounds, and 0.7 assists on the year.

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The next season, Collison was injured and Russell Westbrook was named the starter.

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Russell Westbrook finished the season averaging 12.7 points, 3.9 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.6 steals.

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Russell Westbrook stayed in school and finished the quarter, a rarity for high draft picks declaring early for the draft.

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Russell Westbrook was selected 4th overall in the 2008 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics, which then relocated to Oklahoma City and became the Thunder six days later.

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Russell Westbrook signed with the team on July 5,2008.

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On March 2,2009, Russell Westbrook recorded his first career triple-double with 17 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.

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Russell Westbrook averaged 15.3 points, 5.3 assists, 4.9 rebounds, and 1.3 steals on the season.

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Russell Westbrook was named to the NBA's NBA All-Rookie First Team.

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On November 26,2010, Russell Westbrook scored a then-career-high 43 points against the Indiana Pacers.

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Russell Westbrook was selected by the NBA head coaches to be a Western Conference reserve for the 2011 NBA All-Star Game.

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Russell Westbrook finished the season with averages of 21.9 points, 8.2 assists, 4.6 rebounds, and 1.9 steals.

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Russell Westbrook was named to the All-NBA Second Team for the first time.

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Russell Westbrook averaged 23.8 points, 6.4 assists, and 5.4 rebounds in the playoffs.

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Russell Westbrook averaged 23.6 points, 5.5 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 1.7 steals for the lockout-shortened season and was voted to the All-NBA Second Team for the second year in a row.

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Russell Westbrook helped lead the Thunder to the NBA Finals for the first time since the franchise relocated but they would lose in five games to the Miami Heat.

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Russell Westbrook joined Michael Jordan as the only players with 25+ points and 10+ assists in their NBA Finals debut.

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Russell Westbrook was selected for the NBA All-Star Game.

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Russell Westbrook helped lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to the playoffs and the 1st seed in the Western Conference.

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Russell Westbrook had surgery on April 27,2013, and was declared out for the rest of the playoffs.

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Russell Westbrook was named to the All-NBA Second Team for the third consecutive year.

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Russell Westbrook played the rest of the season on limited minutes and sat out the second night of back-to-backs.

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On March 4,2014, Russell Westbrook recorded his second triple-double of the season.

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On May 27,2014, in a Game 4 victory, Russell Westbrook recorded 40 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists and 5 steals.

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Russell Westbrook averaged 26.7 points, 8.1 assists, and 7.3 rebounds in the postseason, and became the first player since Oscar Robertson in 1964 to average at least 26 points, 8 assists, and 7 rebounds in the playoffs.

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Russell Westbrook joined Durant on the sidelines after Durant fractured his right foot during preseason and was ruled out for six to eight weeks.

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Russell Westbrook tallied 41 points, and was named the All-Star MVP.

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Russell Westbrook scored 27 points in 11 minutes in the first half, setting an All-Star record for points in a half, and finished one point shy of the All-Star game record set by Wilt Chamberlain in 1962.

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On February 27, in a loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, Russell Westbrook recorded 40 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists to become the first player to have three straight triple-doubles since LeBron James did so in 2009.

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Russell Westbrook subsequently became the first player since Michael Jordan in 1989 to have four consecutive triple-doubles, and the first since Jordan that year to have back-to-back triple-doubles with at least 40 points.

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Russell Westbrook had 30 points, matched a career-high with 17 assists and grabbed 11 rebounds for his seventh triple-double of the season and 15th of his career.

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Russell Westbrook went on to record three more triple-doubles to finish the season.

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On January 20,2016, Russell Westbrook recorded 16 points, 15 assists, eight rebounds, and five steals against the Charlotte Hornets, becoming just the fourth player in NBA history with at least 15 points, 15 assists, five rebounds and five steals in a game.

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Russell Westbrook recorded 31 points, eight rebounds, five assists, and five steals in 22 minutes, and became the first player in All-Star history to win consecutive MVPs outright.

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The Thunder were determined to keep Russell Westbrook and held off all trade talks in order to work out an extension.

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Russell Westbrook joined Robertson and Wilt Chamberlain as the only players in NBA history to record 20 triple-doubles in a season.

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Russell Westbrook finished with 38 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for his 22nd triple-double of the season and 59th for his career, tying Larry Bird for fifth on the career list.

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Russell Westbrook went on to record three straight triple-doubles coming out of the All-Star break, giving him 67 for his career and 30 on the season.

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Russell Westbrook moved into a tie with Chamberlain for fourth on the career list with his 78th triple-double.

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Russell Westbrook scored 18 of his 50 points in the last five minutes, including a 36-foot game-winning buzzer-beater, to overcome a 14-point deficit.

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Russell Westbrook moved into fourth place for most triple-doubles in NBA history with 79, surpassing Chamberlain's 78.

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Russell Westbrook set a franchise playoff scoring record and added 13 assists and 10 rebounds, marking his sixth career playoff triple-double.

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Russell Westbrook joined Wilt Chamberlain as the only players to claim three consecutive playoff triple-doubles.

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Russell Westbrook had 47 points in Game 5 and came up just one assist shy of his fourth straight triple-double.

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Russell Westbrook was the first winner from a team with fewer than 50 wins since Moses Malone in 1982.

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On September 29,2017, Russell Westbrook signed a five-year, $205 million contract extension with the Thunder.

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Russell Westbrook had 30 points, 13 assists and eight rebounds against the Raptors, as the Thunder won their sixth straight game.

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Two days later, in the regular season finale against the Grizzlies, Russell Westbrook clinched a triple-double average for the second straight season.

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Russell Westbrook entered the night needing 16 rebounds to clinch the triple-double average.

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Russell Westbrook pulled down his 16th rebound with just over nine minutes left in the third quarter and received a standing ovation.

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Russell Westbrook finished with just six points, but had a career-high 20 rebounds and 19 assists.

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Russell Westbrook finished as the league leader in assists, averaging 10.3 per game, and he was named to the All-NBA Second Team.

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Russell Westbrook missed the preseason and the first two regular season games after having a procedure in September 2018 to deal with inflammation in his right knee.

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Russell Westbrook moved into a tie for third place on the NBA list for triple-doubles, with the 107th of his career matching Jason Kidd's total.

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Russell Westbrook matched the longest triple-double streak of his career with his 20th of the season and 124th overall.

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Russell Westbrook became the second player in NBA history to record 20 points, 20 rebounds, and 20 assists in a single game; the only other coming from Chamberlain in 1968.

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Russell Westbrook tied Chamberlain for second all time in 15-point, 15-rebound, 15-assist games with eight.

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The Thunder went on to lose in five games to the Trail Blazers in the first round of the playoffs, with Russell Westbrook recording two triple-doubles during the series.

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On July 16,2019, Russell Westbrook was traded to the Houston Rockets for All-Star Chris Paul, two protected first-round picks, and two first-round pick swaps.

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Russell Westbrook joins Hakeem Olajuwon as the only Rockets players in franchise history to put up at least 20 points, 15 rebounds and five assists in a season opener.

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On December 7,2019, Russell Westbrook got his third consecutive triple-double with 24 points, 14 rebounds, and 11 assists on 10-of-18 shooting after going 14-of-57 in the previous two games.

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On January 3,2020, Russell Westbrook became the third player in NBA history with 19,000 points, 6,000 rebounds, and 7,000 assists after a 20-point, 7-rebound, and 4-assist performance.

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Russell Westbrook recovered and was able to join his team later that month in Orlando, Florida, for the league's restart.

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On December 2,2020, amidst rumors that he and Harden were unhappy and wanted out from the Rockets, Russell Westbrook was traded to the Washington Wizards for John Wall and a 2023 lottery-protected first-round draft pick.

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Russell Westbrook became the sixth player in NBA history to record a triple-double in a team debut, joining Elfrid Payton, Lewis Lloyd, John Shumate, Nate Thurmond, and Oscar Robertson.

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Russell Westbrook was not named to the 2021 All-Star Game, missing it for the first time since 2014.

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Russell Westbrook needed only three months with the Wizards and 245 fewer games than Walker, who played three seasons with Washington.

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Russell Westbrook tied Robertson as the only players with five seasons of at least 15 triple doubles.

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Russell Westbrook ended the month with an NBA record 14 triple-doubles, breaking the mark of 11 set by Wilt Chamberlain in 1968.

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Russell Westbrook later responded to critics, saying that they were only looking at the stat sheet and not his overall play on the court.

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Russell Westbrook became only the second Laker with a triple-double off the bench after Magic Johnson.

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Russell Westbrook became the first player in Lakers history to put up multiple triple-doubles off the bench.

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On February 9,2023, Russell Westbrook was traded to the Utah Jazz in a three-team trade involving the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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Russell Westbrook was averaging 15.9 points, 7.5 assists and 6.2 rebounds with the Lakers in a career-low 28.7 minutes per game.

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On February 22,2023, Russell Westbrook signed with the Los Angeles Clippers, reuniting him with his former Thunder teammate Paul George.

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Russell Westbrook tied Andre Miller for the most assists in a debut in Clippers history.

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Russell Westbrook became the first player in NBA history to have a 30-point and 10-assist game with 5 different franchises.

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Russell Westbrook passed Allen Iverson on the NBA all-time career scoring list.

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Russell Westbrook became the sixth player in franchise history with consecutive postseason games of at least 30 points.

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The 2010 team relied heavily on a small lineup, and Russell Westbrook finished in the top five on the team in minutes per game, and top three in points and assists per game.

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Russell Westbrook was selected to play for the 2012 Summer Olympic team in London, where he won a second gold medal.

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Russell Westbrook declined an invitation to join the 2016 Olympic team.

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Russell Westbrook is widely known for playing at a high level of intensity and for being able to keep that intensity for the majority of his playing time.

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Russell Westbrook regularly creates good scoring opportunities for his teammates, resulting in him averaging over eight assists per game for his career.

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Russell Westbrook is widely recognized as one of the best all-around players in the NBA.

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Russell Westbrook's three-point shooting and turnovers are often brought to attention when pundits criticize his game.

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Russell Westbrook has the worst career three-point percentage in NBA history of players who have more than 2,500 three-point attempts.

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Russell Westbrook has in the past been criticized for his "single-mindedness" and for being difficult to cooperate with.

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In 2017, Russell Westbrook signed a 10-year extension with Jordan Brand that gave him the largest total endorsement deal of any athlete sponsored by the brand.

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In November 2013, Russell Westbrook signed with Kings and Jaxs Boxer Briefs.

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In 2015, Russell Westbrook was named Marketing Creative Director of the denim brand True Religion.

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Russell Westbrook made his production debut with Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre about the Tulsa race massacre, which was inspired by his time playing in Oklahoma City.

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Russell Westbrook produced his autobiographical documentary, Passion Play: Russell Westbrook, which debuted on Showtime in 2021.

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Russell Westbrook wears a "KB3" wristband and has "KB3" on his sneakers in honor of his childhood friend Khelcey Barrs III.