Russell Westbrook: Mr. "triple-double"

Russell Westbrook is a basketball player who isthe main star of the club "Oklahoma City". Russ was born in 1988 in California. In 2006, he entered the UKLA. At the 2008 NBA draft, the defender was selected under the fourth peak of the first round by a team from Oklahoma.

Career in the NBA

Russell is one of the best players in the league. After the Draft in Oklahoma, a "big trio" was formed, consisting of Westbrook, Durant and Harden. But they did not succeed in achieving high results. Because of the differences, James Harden left for the Houston Rockets, Westbrook and Durant formed one of the most productive tandems in the history of the league.

For many years the team only once could get outfinals of the NBA. In 2016, "Oklahoma City" left Kevin Durant, after which the role of the main star of the club moved to Russell Westbrook. In 2017, he became the most productive league player, but it did not help his team to compete for the title in the playoffs. In the season of 2017/18, the "Thunder" signed two stars of American basketball. First, Paul George moved to ACS, and after a while, the chief manager of Presti's team managed to exchange for McDermott and Canter, who went to the New York Knicks, Carmelo Anthony.

Indicators in the NBA

The statistics of Russell Westbrook in the Nationalthe basketball association is impressive. In the debut season, "Turtle" scored an average of 15 points per game, and the percentage of implementation of the shots of the game was below 40%. In the second season, the defender was able to improve his accuracy. Together with her, the player's performance increased. In the third season, Russell threw from behind the arc with an accuracy of 33%. This is his best career record. For the first three years in the NBA, Westbrook had 246 matches in the regular season. In the 2008/09 season, Oklahoma did not qualify for the playoffs. A year later the team managed to enter the top-8 teams of the Western Conference, but it was not possible to go far in the round for the elimination.

In the 2011/12 season, the team led byWestbrook and Durant, reached the NBA Finals, knocking out the current champion "Dallas" from the tournament. However, in the decisive round, Oklahoma basketball players could not counter anything against Miami with LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh. As a result, defeat 4-2.

A year later, Russell Westbrook went out againParquet in the starting five in each of the 82 matches in the regular season. 23 points on average for the game, as well as 7.5 assists allowed the "Thunder" to go into the round of the playoffs.

After Durant's departure, Russell Westbrook issued histhe best career of the season at the moment. Defender in early April 2017 was able to guarantee a triple-double on average in the season. He became the second player in the history of the National Basketball Association, which won such an achievement. A couple of days, Russ has issued his 42nd triple-double in the season, setting a league record for this indicator. In late April, Westbrook submitted to the third great achievement. The protagonist issued a triple-double with 51 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists in the playoff game.

In the season of 2017/18, Oklahoma played 3 games. After a home victory over the Knicks, the Thunderers lost back-to-back to Utah and Minnesota. Having missed almost all preseason matches, in the first game of the season Russell was able to issue a triple-double. Although the team and there are players who themselves like to hold the ball and throw on the ring, the defender of "OKS" remains one of the most effective players of the team.

Statistics in college

Unlike the career of a professionalbasketball player, Russell did not have a high performance in college. Debut season in the NCAA defender could not keep himself in the asset. Of the 36 fights in the start, the athlete came out only once.

Where was the most successful for Westbrook season2007/08. The basketball player came out in the starting five in 34 games. On average, he scored almost 13 points for the game, making 4 assists and collecting 4 rebounds.

Awards and achievements

Russell Westbrook is a 6-fold participantmatches of all stars. From 2011 to 2013, as well as in 2015, he managed to get into the second team of all stars at the end of the season, and in 2016 and 2017 - in the first. In 2015 and 2016 years. he was recognized as the most valuable player of the match of all stars.

In 2017 Russell became the best scorer of the league, gaining almost 32 points per game on average. This figure allowed him to win the championship MVP championship, defeating James Harden.

In 2010, Westbrook in the US team won gold at the World Championships in Turkey. Two years later, as part of the "dream team", he managed to become an Olympic champion at OI-2012 in London.

At the end of winter Russell made 3 consecutive trips-doublesin the season. In early spring in the game against the "Philadelphia" defender issued 4 triple-doubles in a row, becoming the first after Michael Jordan player who could achieve this result.

Before the start of the 2017/18 season, Westbrook signed with the club a new 5-year contract worth $ 205 million. The agreement allowed Russell to become the highest-paid player in NBA history.