Russell Westbrook - Defensive Dynamo

Aggression amplified. Erratic and explosive. Forceful and fearless. That’s what I think when Russ is on the basketball court, and especially when he’s poked the ball lose, and he’s out on the break. It’s going to be exciting, but also infectiously intense. The UCLA bruin ruins the other team’s game-plan through sheer force of will. He’ll chase after the ball no matter where it is, and who has it. Arguably the best athlete in the NBA, certainly the most relentlessly reckless, Westbrook assaults ball handlers like he does rims, which makes him one of the most entertaining players in the league.

At first I was apprehensive about putting together a Russell Westbrook video because a lot of it is him flying around trying to poke the ball out, playing the passing lanes, and such. That isn’t the type of defense I wanted to focus on because that’s the stuff that’ll get you on Sportscenter, but not necessarily the stuff that’ll win you a game. Gambling is NOT fundamentally sound. It was only after someone commented that it might not be fundamentally sound but it is FUN, that I started to consider it. My videos are often about what a player does well, and as long as we all understand that this rampaging style of defense is not the type that should be taught, we can appreciate how much havoc this dude creates.

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