Westbrook was never one of my favorite players during most of his prime, but seeing how Westbrook has handled his last few years helped me gain a lot of respect for him.
Sure he never was the lead guy on a championship team, but his competitiveness is amazing. He played his best through all the Lakers drama. Westbrook also put up 37 in a playoff game in the most recent playoffs. I’m quite a huge fan of this late-career Westbrook.
Kobe - when I first started following the NBA as a kid, Kobe was the player I liked to root against. Near the end of his career I had nothing but love for him.
I remember feeling so smug cause I totally believed in him for his first couple of tough seasons and then he became such a good looking fiery player.
Now that smugness has gone entirely…
lol I was the opposite. I was smug then thinking I might’ve been wrong, now back to being smug knowing it was an anomaly/fluke