Earlier this week, UCLA men’s basketball alumnus Russell Westbrook retired from the NBA after 18 iconic seasons spent with seven franchises.
Since the Bruins legend called it a career, many professionals from across the sports world have reacted to the news, including a four-time NBA champion on his podcast, “The Draymond Green Show.”
“Basketball fans, y’all suck. Basketball fans suck. And by the way, I am a basketball fan, so you can throw me in that category too. But basketball fans suck,” Green proclaimed. “For the last eight to 10 years, all this guy has heard is how bad he sucks, how he don’t shoot it well, how he stat pads and how he messes up teams.
“Make no mistake about it, ‘Westbrick,’ and all the things y’all said about him, and the moment he steps aside, ‘Oh man, y’all did Russ wrong. Can’t tell me he couldn’t be on a team. Wow, how he played the game, gonna miss him.’ All these great, beautiful things.
“Why we can’t feel that when you gone? It’s like when somebody die. Everybody’s like, ‘Oh man, best dude ever, best woman ever, would take the shirt off their back.’ Everybody got all these great things to say, but when that person was living, you don’t show that love.
“Why is it that Russell Westbrook has to announce his retirement, unexpectedly, to finally see the love that he deserves? Why is that?”
The Michigan State alumnus may have a lot of hot takes most of the time, but he was certainly spot on with this latest one.
This article originally appeared on UCLA Wire: Draymond Green sounds off on retirement of UCLA alum Russell Westbrook
Reporting by Shaun Holkko, UCLA Wire / UCLA Wire
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