On the heels of another spectacular performance by Russell Westbrook, the question has to be asked: Is Westbrook the greatest basketball player of all time?
Well, no. Of course not. Who knows? He could be, but that conversation is many, many years down the road.
However, his eye-popping start to the 2010-11 season has quickly turned enough heads to bring him into the conversation regarding the NBA’s elite in the game today.
Combine him with that other elite guy on his team (who is quietly leading the league in scoring, mind you), and Oklahoma City boasts perhaps the deadliest one-two punch around.
Stronger than any *ahem* trio, for sure.
Westbrook’s astounding 38 point, 15 rebound, nine assist toying of New Jersey on Wednesday night brings his season scoring average to 24.6 ppg. Kevin Durant (the aforementioned “other elite guy”) sat out the three-overtime contest with the Nets but is tops in the league with an average of 27.3 ppg.
Don’t whip out the calculator; I’ll do the math for you. That’s a combined 51.9 points up on the scoreboard each night.
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