Michael Jordan On Russell Westbrook

As I watch this film on Michael Jordan….I can’t help but keep thinking of Russell Westbrook.

What was it in Michael which allowed him to give the ball to John Paxson and Steve Kerr in those two critical championship windows which Russell couldn’t quite come to terms with in Oklahoma City?

Maybe just too much of the competitive dog in him. Maybe. I laughed last night watching Michael pitching pennies. My best man in my wedding is like that. We almost got in a fight once skipping rocks on an Illinois River float trip. We were betting on most number of skips.

I like Westbrook. I want him to win a championship. I want him to cement his legacy. He was good to the people of this city even if he wouldn’t answer Berry Tramel’s questions at the end. BTW…I like Tramel as well and he’s the one guy in this market who in retrospect Russell should have opened up to from a media standpoint. The nonsensical way Russell handled that whole Little Nick Gallo fiasco was Little League and that’s on Russell. Kind of like me finally getting banned on Daily Thunder.

I’ve thought about Russell in Houston all season long as he tries to find that missing piece of his game.

I truly think Bennett and Presti did the right thing by moving Russell to Houston, but I like the way they put Russell in a place where he still has a chance to flirt with a championship. He earned that much by what he did for this city.