Kevin Love knows Russell Westbrook better than most. They’re good friends, and former college roommates. And I thought Love said something interesting here: Westbrook’s selfish. Because he needs to be. I’ve always said Westbrook wasn’t selfish and that ball-hog talk was all junk.
But I get what Love means. Westbrook’s not selfish in the sense he wants to call his own number for the glory, but selfish because his talents and abilities force him to be. It would like not letting Paul McCartney sing instead of John Lennon — at some point Westbrook needs a solo because it makes the whole better.
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Of all the weeks of the Thunder’s season, this one was probably the most uneventful. Two games, both at home, playing the Hornets and the Kings.
Entering the week, the Thunder were riding an eight-game win streak and if that were to come to an end at home with those two teams coming to town, that would’ve been a pretty solid disappointment. Instead, it’s 10 straight and a pretty 19-4 record, the best start in OKC franchise history.
But things are about to get tougher and the Thunder are going to get a bunch of opportunities to start validating that record. It starts tonight at home against the Spurs, then at the Hawks, at Minnesota and at Miami. If this winning streak goes to 14, then something special is going on. Keep Reading…