Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban wasn't ready to call Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook a superstar before Game 5 of the teams' playoff series, but he might be after Westbrook dominated Monday's contest.
Westbrook finished with 36 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists as the Thunder eliminated Dallas with a 118-104 victory. When asked about Cuban's comments after the game, Westbrook's teammate Kevin Durant said the following, per Tim MacMahon of ESPN.com: "He's an idiot. Don't listen to him."
Before the game, Cuban said Durant was Oklahoma City's only superstar and that Westbrook is "an All-Star but not a superstar," per MacMahon.
Cuban explained how he differentiated All-Stars from superstars, per Erik Horne of the Oklahoman:
You look at Dirk [Nowitzki] all those years to now, he carries teams to 50 wins. To me, that's [what makes a superstar] ... when [you're] by yourself ... it wasn't until we got J-Kidd [Jason Kidd] that we had another Hall of Famer. So, to go the 15 years where Dirk won 50, that's a superstar. There's only a few guys that you put them on any team and they' ...
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