Now, the new age Mamba.
Awesome as Russell Westbrook has been, averaging a triple double later in the schedule than anyone since Oscar Robertson, the only player to do it over a full season ... 55 years ago ... we’ve seen this movie before.
Unfortunately for Westbrook, carrying on magnificently in Oklahoma City in the wake of Kevin Durant’s departure with gaudy averages of 31.2 points, 10.5 assists and 11.3 rebounds, it doesn’t have a happy ending.
It was the 2005-06 season when Kobe Bryant set out to return the post-Shaquille O’Neal Lakers to greatness alongside starters like Smush Parker and Kwame Brown.