Bill Reiter (CBS Sports) on the Russell Westbrook trade: There was a strong level of disagreement within that Lakers organization about whether or not Russ was the person they needed to pursue.

2022 Russell Westbrook Refuses to join the Lakers Huddle

After the Lakers trade Dave McMenamin and his source called Russell Westbrook a vampire

JR Smith on Westbrook's tenure with LebronLakers I understand what Westbrook was going through Seeing people around who are supposed to be the closest to you your teammates and organization kind of flip on you and then the fanbase its really tough

Russell Westbrook Gets Angry At Reporter For Trying To Split Up The Team With His Questions - Reporter Also Refuses To Give Up Mic Since He Has No Answer To His Question I don't want nobody to try and split us up We all one team

A reporter asks Russell Westbrook if the Thunder lost the game or if the Jazz won it

Before the season started Russell Westbrook dismissed a question from a reporter asking if this could be his last season Yeah right