00:00And kudos to Russell Westbrook, we learned, after 18 seasons, he is, I believe, the all-time
00:06triple-double leader.
00:08He's like the triple-double king of the NBA.
00:1218 years, he is calling it a career.
00:16And boy, what could have been, I still say, he's one of those guys, what could have been,
00:20but man, Durant and Harden and OKC could not wait to get away from him.
00:25They could have won multiple championships had they actually put it all together, but
00:31he still had a pretty good career for 18 years in the NBA, for sure.
00:36He certainly did.
00:37The last few years weren't great.
00:39I know a lot of people are going to hold that against him, but we're talking about an MVP
00:43player.
00:44He has a lot of accolades of, like you said, the triple-doubles, averaging a triple-double
00:48throughout the entirety of the season is a tough thing to do.
00:52He did that, you know, the conversation is going to turn to whether or not he goes into
00:56the hole, whether, you know, this, that, or the other thing.
00:58I think we just give him his props, whether, you know, we like the way the end of his career
01:03ended, which wasn't great, a lot of missed shots, but he was successful throughout his
01:0718 years, and it was fun to watch.
01:10He's a fun player, and that's what it comes down to.
01:12Yeah, one of two players in the history of the NBA, the other being LeBron, to have more
01:19than 25,000 points and 10,000 assists in his career.
01:24The numbers, you know, you play 18 years, you're going to rack up some numbers there.
01:2914th all-time scoring, fifth in assists all-time, which is kind of crazy as well.
01:35He averaged almost 21 points a game, seven rebounds, eight assists.
01:40I mean, he was excellent.
01:42He was also a ball hog for most of, for a lot of those years, but I don't see there
01:48being a reason with the Hall of Fame, do you?
01:51I don't.
01:52I know people will kind of knock him for his efficiency, especially in the back half of
01:57his career.
01:58He just wasn't an efficient player, and that's what it comes down to.
02:01Like, he has a lot of stats.
02:02He played a long time.
02:03He has a volume of stats.
02:05It wasn't, you know, a finesse game, but I think he'll get in.
02:09I know some people will hold some things against every player, as we see for, you know, every
02:13league, every Hall.
02:15Yes.
02:15Yeah.
02:16Well, they, of course, they'll always have, this is, you know, the same type of voters
02:20that couldn't decide if Mariano Rivera should have been, you know, a first ballot hole.
02:24But yeah, don't get me started with that.
02:26I am with you there.
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