He wears each outfit only one time.
And then gives them away.
He's left-handed.
Westbrook does everything with his left hand -- sign autographs, brush his teeth, throw a football -- except shoot a basketball.
He's really smart.
An honor student at Leuzinger High School in Lawndale, California, Westbrook says he was accepted to Stanford and offered an academic scholarship. He says he probably wouldn't have ended up going because tuition was still too expensive for his parents.
His favorite school subject was math.
He's said figuring out his outfit is like solving an equation.
He wears two wristbands during games.
One says "Why Not?" -- Westbrook's life mantra. The other says "KB3" for childhood friend Khelcey Barrs, who died in 2004 because of an undiagnosed enlarged heart.
Westbrook is know for always being early for practice -- sometimes two or three hours early.
Thunder general manager Sam Presti likes to tell the story of how he showed up 30 minutes early at a pre-draft workout and Westbrook was nowhere to be found. After calling him, Westbrook got out of a car that was in the parking lot before Presti had arrived.
He sat next to Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour at New York Fashion Week in 2013.
Westbrook has his own line at Barneys, has his own glasses -- "Westbrook Frames" -- and routinely goes shopping on the road.
His teammates often clown him for his outfits.
In January, Westbrook wore a wood-brimmed hat and a poncho-looking ... thing. Durant called him a "conquistador." As Westbrook walked out of the locker room, he yelled back to Durant, "I got a horse outside!"
In Los Angeles, after a win over the Lakers, Westbrook sported black leather fingerless gloves. Everyone, from teammates to team personnel, had a comment. Westbrook's response to basically every one of them? "Yeah, I don't know either,
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/1...wanted-know-russell-westbrook-were-afraid-ask
And then gives them away.
He's left-handed.
Westbrook does everything with his left hand -- sign autographs, brush his teeth, throw a football -- except shoot a basketball.
He's really smart.
An honor student at Leuzinger High School in Lawndale, California, Westbrook says he was accepted to Stanford and offered an academic scholarship. He says he probably wouldn't have ended up going because tuition was still too expensive for his parents.
His favorite school subject was math.
He's said figuring out his outfit is like solving an equation.
He wears two wristbands during games.
One says "Why Not?" -- Westbrook's life mantra. The other says "KB3" for childhood friend Khelcey Barrs, who died in 2004 because of an undiagnosed enlarged heart.
Westbrook is know for always being early for practice -- sometimes two or three hours early.
Thunder general manager Sam Presti likes to tell the story of how he showed up 30 minutes early at a pre-draft workout and Westbrook was nowhere to be found. After calling him, Westbrook got out of a car that was in the parking lot before Presti had arrived.
He sat next to Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour at New York Fashion Week in 2013.
Westbrook has his own line at Barneys, has his own glasses -- "Westbrook Frames" -- and routinely goes shopping on the road.
His teammates often clown him for his outfits.
In January, Westbrook wore a wood-brimmed hat and a poncho-looking ... thing. Durant called him a "conquistador." As Westbrook walked out of the locker room, he yelled back to Durant, "I got a horse outside!"
In Los Angeles, after a win over the Lakers, Westbrook sported black leather fingerless gloves. Everyone, from teammates to team personnel, had a comment. Westbrook's response to basically every one of them? "Yeah, I don't know either,
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/1...wanted-know-russell-westbrook-were-afraid-ask