Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban commented on Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook on Monday, saying he isn't a superstar.
Tim MacMahon of ESPN.com passed along the quote:
When pressed on the issue, Cuban offered the following criteria for 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'll win 50 games. To me that's the definition of a superstar.
While it's hard to quantify whether Westbrook, 27, could consistently win 50 games without Kevin Durant, his numbers speak for themselves, as he showed again in Monday night's win by going for 36 points, nine assists and 12 rebounds.
"He's an idiot," Durant said about Cuban after the game, per MacMahon. "Don't listen to him."
In the regular season, Westbrook averaged ...
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