Westbrook with the Thunder in March 2011
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Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||||||
League | NBA | ||||||||||||||||||
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Born |
Long Beach, California |
November 12, 1988 ||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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High school | Leuzinger (Lawndale, California) | ||||||||||||||||||
College | UCLA (2006–2008) | ||||||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2008 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4th overall | ||||||||||||||||||
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics | |||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2008–present | ||||||||||||||||||
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2008–present | Oklahoma City Thunder | ||||||||||||||||||
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Russell Westbrook III (born November 12, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a six-time NBA All-Star and a two-time NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP), winning consecutive awards in 2015 and 2016. He is also a six-time All-NBA Team member and led the league in scoring in 2014–15.
Westbrook played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins and earned third-team all-conference honors in the Pac-10. He was selected with the fourth overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics, who then relocated to Oklahoma City six days later. Westbrook has represented the United States national team twice, winning gold medals in the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2012 Olympics.
Westbrook was born in Long Beach, California, to Russell Westbrook Jr. and Shannon Horton. He has a younger brother named Raynard. Growing up in Hawthorne, Westbrook and his best friend, Khelcey Barrs III, had hopes of going to UCLA and playing together. However, in May 2004, Barrs died from an enlarged heart during a pickup game.