10 FUN FACTS ABOUT RUSSELL WESTBROOK THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW

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3 min readAug 21, 2019

Russell Westbrook, born on November 12, 1988 at Long Beach, California. He is a professional American basketball player who played for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). This man with a height of six fet and three inches, and a weight of two hundred pounds, have played for Oklahoma City Thunder (OKC) before he played for Houston Rockets. He stayed at OKC from 2008 to 2019, and got traded to Houston Rockets which was officially announced on July 16, 2019. This change of team was made easy for Russell Westbrook as he was welcomed by a former teammate, James Harden and played as the point guard. Basically, every fan of Westbrook probably knew about this. Where he came from, what’s his full name, how old he is, his birthday, his team, and all other things. But at this point, we will expose the top ten things that you may not know about Russell Westbrook. Fun Fact No. 10-Multi Talented: He was not only a skilled basketball player but he played football, baseball and tennis as well! What a man of many talents.Fun Fact No. 9-Number 4: 4 was always his favorite number which was what he wore when he was in his highschool days, but when he played for UCLA, Arron Afflalo wore 4 that left him with no choice in wearing 0.Fun Fact No. 8-Early Bird: He’s never late. He was recognized for being an early bird during practice.Fun Fact No. 7-The Ritual: Everytime he has a game, he eats sandwiches with Skippy peanut butter and strawberry jelly. He also calls his parents, his brother, and his wife before playing. Such a sweet scene before he enters the court.Fun Fact No. 6-Power Duo: Westbrook and Durant were considered the power duo in the 2015-2016 season who produced points no other pair could do in a single season.Fun Fact No. 5-Non-Outfit Repeater: He was known for his unique style outside the court. Wearing the same outfit combination twice was never his genre. He wears them once and gives them away. His love for math made him think that choosing an outfit is like solving math problems.Fun Fact No. 4-Westbrook Frames: He spread his fashion presence in 2014 when “Westbrook Frames” was launched, a sunglasses company co-owned by him. The glasses produced were given names after all the cities in Los Angeles, and is planning to launch an NBA series Russell Westbrook collection.Fun Fact No. 3-Lefty: He does everything using his left hand except in shooting a ball. He is one of those few people with an ambidexter ability.Fun Fact No. 2-Hands Off: He makes sure that the media does not reach any member of his family.Fun Fact No. 1-No NBA: Although he watches game films, but he never watches other teams play in the NBA. There you have it folks! Although the great yet undiscovered things continues to grow with Russell Westbrook and the list could go on, we just handpicked the top ten. This proves what a great man he is inside and outside the court.

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