Westbrook shines

With the thunder jersey and a pair of bright orange bracelet on each wrist during games, Westbrook shines on the court.

For someone who has repeatedly proven his skeptics and doubters wrong, Westbrook clings to that simple mantra. “ ‘Why not’ is how I think, how I go about things,” Westbrook said. “It goes with everything I do, how I play and off the court with the decisions I make.” “He was too small,” said Miami Heat swingman Dorell Wright, a former Leuzinger teammate of Westbrook’s. “He worked on his body. He always had a good basketball IQ, always tough. But he was always too small, too"

“He gets me going every game,” Durant said. “Without him I’m sure I couldn’t do some of the things I’m doing now. People are going to start asking me, ‘Is Russell Westbrook starting to over-shine you now?’ ”