On June 28, 2008, the then-Seattle Supersonics decided to draft the top defensive point guard available in the draft with the fourth overall pick. His name was Russell Westbrook and many people were skeptical of the decision.
Many people had the team selecting Kevin Love out of UCLA with their pick based on the reasoning that the Sonics had just secured the future of their wing players and would likely go for a long-term big man.
However, the media was very divided with their grade of the pick and some thought that Oklahoma City made a Portland-like draft bust by going with a player that hasn't proven himself that much offensively.
Russell Westbrook took a lot of criticism during his rookie year after a lot of those in the media wanted to accuse him of not being a "true" point guard even though it was his first time EVER playing the position. Not a lot of people took the time to realize it was his rookie season playing a position he never played before.
Of course he was going to fail a lot that season.
But he also made more improvements in that season than anyone else put in a similar situation.&nb ...
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