Over the next week or so, I'm sure there will be about 500 articles, tributes, explainers, think pieces, and all that other fun stuff about Russell Westbrook's legacy, and the close of Oklahoma City's promising, fun, thrilling and ultimately-never-100%-fulfilling basketball trilogy that featured three MVPS and some other fantastic stars. This article, and a tribute to Russ that Lucas is working on for next week, will be a couple of them.
Like most people who were born and raised in Oklahoma City, own Thunder season tickets and try to watch every game on TV, I am a Russell Westbrook fan. Although he could be frustrating to watch at times, he was a spectacular player, good dude, and not a soft turncoat who took the easy way out and sabotaged the franchise. His MVP season was an incredible joy to watch. I appreciate everything he's done for Oklahoma City and wish him the best of luck in Houston with the guy we should have probably kept over him – James Harden.