Zach Lowe Russell Westbrook had too many games this year where he was "actively" damaging the Lakers. You can't have that many TO and shot 40% without hurting your team, he is the most important player on that team.

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

Kwame Brown blames LeBron James for destroying Russell Westbrook and hurting the development of Dalton Knetch for his son Bronny James He also predicts something similar will happen with Joel Embiid if he fails to play 70 games this season and with VJ Edgecombe

Tracy McGrady says Russell Westbrook's 20 20 20 game is the greatest individual performance hes ever seen I know Kobe had 81 Bam had 83 I seen Luka hit 70 I seen Donovan Mitchell hit 70 I seen Book hit 70 20 20 20 to me probably the greatest individual performance Ive seen

Lakers Legend Byron Scott Luka in particular of making 2nd 3rd efforts It's OK to be a guy that's not a very good defensive player 1 on 1 but you got to be a better team defensive player If you look at the roster they can score but me and you both know that don't win Championships

Westbrook making the best of the season without fans 2020-2021

Russell Westbrook with the steal and the dunk at the other end to seal the game for the Nuggets With replays and Westbrook's reactions Nuggets vs Lakers - 3142025