In this article, you will be learned about the life of Rusell Westbrook, his physical traits, and when he joined his first basketball team and started his career. Also How much does he earns now and did he get any rings yet?
The first team of his professional career was Oklahoma City Thunder which he joined in 2008. In that team, he had played for 11 years. Then he became a member of the Houston Rockets in 2019. His career in that team was not long he left it in 2020 and joined the Washington wizards. Again he left this team too in a short time and joined the Los Angeles Lakers, the team in which he is currently playing.
His position in his team is a point guard. He had proved his skills in the past. Now he is playing for the Lakers. The Lakers is a professional basketball team in Los Angeles. This team competes in National Basketball Association as a part of the League's Western Conference Pacific Division. Rob Pelinka is the manager of this team. The team has players such as Lebron, cole Swider, Wenyan Gabriel, Matt Ryan, and Juan Toscano-Anderson who play as forward players. The players such as Rusell Westbrook, Max Christie, Kendrick Nun, Scotty Pippen Jr., Austin Reaves, Dennis Schroder, and Patrick Beverley play as Guard players. The remaining players of the team such as Lonnie Walker IV and Troy Brown Jr. play as guard-forward and Anthony Davis as Forward-Center whereas the center-forward player of the team is Thomas Bryant. These 17 players make up the whole team of the Los Angeles Lakers.
In 2021, when Rusell Westbrook was playing for Washington Wizards. Los Angeles Lakers asked the wizards to trade Rusell Westbrook. After discussion, the wizards agreed to the trade of Rusell. And then he was traded to the Lakers. After that trade, he is playing for the Lakers. Now he has a salary of 44.21 million (USD). He has earned a minimum of $291,976,692 from his professional basketball carrier. Although he has some downfalls. But he has been very successful until now and his status is still active. This means he is going to earn more and will pay more for his team and supportive fans.
In 2017, Rusell Westbrook became one of the two players to average a triple-double in NBA history. The first was Oscar Robertson. And Rusell also became the MVP in 2017.
Rusell Westbrook has been unlucky in his professional career of Basketball on the side of rings. Though he has been in very great teams like the Washington Wizards and now he is in Loss Angeles Lakers which is also a very skillful team. But until now he has not got a ring. He has to play more brilliantly to get rings. We can say that it is more because of his position in the team. As he plays as a guard in his team so this position is one of the cause that he has not got a ring yet.