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Following a swift triple-double performance in last night's blowout of the Milwaukee Bucks, Russell Westbrook gave credit to all-time great Oscar Robertson after having tied him for the all-time high mark of 41 triple-doubles in a season.
“The Big O” spearheaded the civil rights movement within the NBA and was a crucial activist when the league was making a transition from an all-white league to a mixed-race association.
“I'm honored to be just mentioned in a conversation with Oscar Robertson,” Westbrook told reporters post-game. “The different things he did for the game of basketball to allow me to play the game today, I think that's the more important.”
“Obviously triple-doubles are a great thing, but the way he played the game and the era in which he did, allowed guys like me to play basketball.”
Westbrook w/ props to Oscar Robertson. "The things he did to allow me to play the game of basketball, I think that's more important." pic.twitter.com/ZQRvdYsfhw
— Erik Horne (@ErikkHorne) April 5, 2017
Westbrook has done everything right this season — from being a fierce competitor on the court to a gracious player off the court. Robertson was also complimentary of Westbrook in an earlier interview this week, saying he hopes he's the one to break his record.
The Oklahoma City Thunder point guard will look to move to the undisputed No. 1 spot in the record books tonight against the Memphis Grizzlies.
