Russell Westbrook III is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. He is a nine-time NBA All-Star and earned the NBA Most Valuable Player Award for the 2016–17 season.
Russell Westbrook: Did get traded| Height| Age| When will return
Did get traded:
Russell Westbrook was a questionable fit with the Los Angeles Lakers from the moment he was acquired ahead of the 2021 NBA Draft, and thus far this season, those concerns have been somewhat justified amid a disappointing 15-13 start.
Rumors of a shakeup have been inevitable for weeks, and now, they’re finally starting to trickle in. According to Bleacher Report’s Jake Fischer, the Lakers have had internal discussions about trading Westbrook given his poor fit with LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
Height:
1.91m
Well, Stephen Curry admits to being a hair under 6-foot-3. “Without shoes, I’m officially 6’2″ and 3-quarters,” he told The Athletic’s Anthony Slater … Steph Curry on the NBA’s new height listings: “Without shoes, I’m officially 6-2 and 3-quarters. But I don’t play basketball without shoes.”
Age:
Russell Westbrook III (born November 12, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a nine-time NBA All-Star and earned the NBA Most Valuable Player Award for the 2016–17 season. He is also a nine-time All-NBA Team member, led the league in scoring in 2014–15 and 2016–17, and won back-to-back NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player awards in 2015 and 2016.
When will return:
Westbrook returned to a fan-filled arena in Oklahoma City for just the second time since the Thunder traded him to the Houston Rockets two years ago, a move that cemented the start of OKC’s rebuild… After Westbrook’s stay in Oklahoma City, he made one-year stops in Houston and Washington.
Russell Westbrook Likely Won’t Play Both Ends of Back-to-Backs, Says Wizards HC. … As Fred Katz of The Athletic noted, Wizards head coach Scott Brooks—who also coached Westbrook on the Oklahoma City Thunder—said the 32-year-old point guard likely will not play on both ends of back-to-back games this season.
