Russell Westbrook Research Paper

Russell Westbrook’s family played a big role in his early stages of his life. Russell Westbrook was born in the city long Beach California. Soon after birth, his family moved to Los Angeles, California where his dad taught him the wonderful game of basketball. He had four family members including himself, his younger brother Raynard, his dad Russell Westbrook Junior, and his mom Shannon Horton. Russell’s best friend during his early part of life was Khelcey Barrs III, who later died suddenly during high school while he was playing a pickup game of basketball.

Russell Westbrook sprouted from all of the skills he acquired from high school and college. Russell entered high school at the height of 5’8” and 140 pounds. He did not start for

high school varsity until his junior year of high school. Russell’s high school averages were fantastic. He averaged 25.1 points per game, 8.7 rebounds, 3.1 steals, and 2.3 assists. Westbrook did not attract much attention from top college basketball programs until head coach Ben Howland offered him a scholarship to play college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. He played backup point guard after the starting point guard Darren Collison for the Bruins. The first year Russell was there he only averaged only 3.4 points per game, 0.8 rebounds, and 0.7 assists for his freshman year of college. The second year he raised his averages after Darren Collison got injured. He raised his averages to 12.7 points per game, 3.9 rebounds, 4.7 assists, and 1.6 steals. The same year he declared for the 2008 NBA draft. Russell was the 4th pick in the first round of the NBA draft.
Russell Westbrook’s family, high school, and college gave him the achievements he has today.westbrooks first triple double was March 2, 2009, 17 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists.