Personal Life

Russell was born to Russell Westbrook Sr. and Shannon Horton, in Long Beach, California. He is the eldest son. The basketball skills he adopted from his father on a playground and academic support he received from his parent made him a star, he is, today. He went to Leuzinger High School, where he played as point guard. He attended his college in UCLA and received scholarship and was able to get in and play for UCLA Bruins. He won many award in his high school and college, while playing.

Russell is married to his college love Nina Earl on 29th August 2015 in Los Angeles. Westbrook is also quite known to people because of his innovative colorful attire. He wears Wristbands and sneakers with “KB3” on it respect his dear friend’s Khelcey Barrs. Khelcey passed away in pickup game. Russell Westbrook Why Not? Foundation was set up in 2012 to support education and family service programs for communities. Apart from basketball, player is also fan of video games and bowling. The American player has a net worth of $45 million.

Career

Oklahoma City Thunder selected Westbrook in 2008 at 4th. Westbrook is 6’3” tall and 200 pound is a point guard for Oklahoma City Thunder. He is also well-known as the most agile player in NBA history. Westbrook has played 600 games with average points of 22.4 and field goals made attempted of 7.8% -18%. He was second player in team after Chris Paul to record triple-double. He scored 15 point on an average per game in his first season. In his third season, he was 5th to score 4000 points, 1500 assists and 100 rebounds.

In 2011-12, he helped team to reach NBA finals with average point score of 23.6. They lost the game, but Westbrook performance was outstanding. He also won Olympics gold medal same year. He played 394 games until due to his injury the streak was broken. He suffered from torn meniscus in 2013 when Patrick collided with him to steal the ball and suffered a tear in meniscus and underwent surgery twice, which led him to miss the 2013-14 seasons.

When he came back he scored his second triple-double of the season. This was second quickest triple-double in history. Till now, Westbrook has made his 67 regular triple-doubles. Westbrook has won NBA All-Star title 6 times and twice NBA All-star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP). He also won All-NBA Team member, 6 times. He earns $ 26,540,100 per year, when he signed a 3 years contract for $85 million. The rumors are Westbrook has his free agency! Westbrook famous for his outfits has also partnered with Luxury department store New York. He also launched an eyewear frames brand in 2014 and was declared as a Marketing creative director for True Religion’s summer campaign. He is an inspiration to millions of people!