Arguably one of the greatest point guards in NBA history retired this past week as UCLA alumnus Russell Westbrook called it a career.
The Bruins legend left his mark in the league by stuffing the stat sheet. As play-by-play broadcaster Ian Eagle once said, Westbrook is “Mr. Triple Double of his generation.”
Two-time Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Oscar Robertson was the first player to average a triple-double in a season, and Westbrook became the second. The “Brodie” set a pair of NBA records with four seasons averaging a triple-double, while accumulating a total of 209 throughout his entire 18-year career.
In 2019, he recorded 11 straight triple-doubles to set the longest streak in history. During the 2016-17 season, he racked up a remarkable 42 triple-doubles, tallying more games with one than without in that campaign.
Cheers to Westbrook on an amazing career which took him from Oklahoma City, to Houston, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, Denver and Sacramento.
This article originally appeared on UCLA Wire: How UCLA alumnus Russell Westbrook became the NBA’s triple-double king
Reporting by Shaun Holkko, UCLA Wire / UCLA Wire
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