The Los Angeles Clippers are on the brink of elimination. If you ask the team that put them there, it's nowhere close to being Russell Westbrook's fault.
"People going to always criticize when you're successful and doing your thing for this long. Somebody always going to find something that they don't like about you. Russ has been resilient his whole life. He comes to work, don't say much. Just come hoop.
While it is tempting to say Westbrook has changed since joining the Clippers, it is probably more accurate to say his circumstances have changed.The Lakers situation created something of a perfect storm for Westbrook's critics. Westbrook faced a headwind the moment he joined the Lakers because of the collection of role players they gave up for him, and he was left with a roster that lacked in outside shooting and needed him to be something he wasn't. His considerable salary didn't help things either, but you can't really blame him for his team's troubles when that team agreed to take on his contract.
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