Russel Westbrook

             
              Russel Westbrook is 6 ft 3 in and weighs 187 lbs. Russel Westbrook was born in Long Beach,California on November 12,1988. He is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association. This point guard is a three time All-Star, and a three time member of the All-NBA Second Team.
             
             Westbrook played high school for Leuzinger High School before playing two seasons of college basketball for UCLA Bruins. He was selected in the first round of the 2008 NBA Draft with the fourth overall pick by the Seattle SuperSonics, who relocated from Seattle to Oklahoma City six days after the draft.In his first season, he was named the NBA All-Rookie First Class. Twice he hash represented the United States on their national team,winning gold medals in the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2012 Summer Olympics.He has the longest active streak of consecutive regular season games played in the NBA.
           
             
              He signed with the Oklahoma City Thunder on July 5,2008 with D.J. White.In his first year, he averaged 15.3 points,5.3 assists,and 4.9 rebounds.
           
               In the 2009-10 season, he was getting better averaging 16.1 points,8.0 assists,but still averaged the same amount of rebouns per game with 4.9. Also this time his team qualified in the playoffs with a 50-32 record. He became a great passer and that was the turnaround that year.
           
              In the 2010-11 season,he just kept on getting better. On November 26,2010, Wesrbrook scored 43 points against the Indiana Pacers. He was chosen as the Western Conference reserve for the 2011 NBA All-Star Game.

              In the 2011-12 season, he was unbelievable. On January 19,2012 Westbrook and the Oklahoma City Thunder agreed to a 5 year,80 million dollar extension. In fact the whole entire team played so well, that  this hard work got them to the NBA Finals agnaist the Miami Heat. Unfortunately, Westbrook and the Thunder got knocked out in 5 games and the NBA Championship trophy went to the Miami Heat.
           
              In the 2012-13 season, he finished the season averaging 23.2 points,7.4 assists, and 5.2 rebounds per game. He helped the the Thunder get into the playoffs, clinching the #1 spot in the Western Conference. But hopes were kind of over after Westbrook got injured agnaist the Houston Rockets in the first round of the playoffs. Oklahoma made it to the second round before losing to the Memphis Grizzlies in 5 games

              This is a video of Russel Westbrook's Top 10 Plays of the 2012-13 season. We hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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