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    jerb2011
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    Question, I remember a while back and people were talking about player comparisons and people on here said he was a poor man’s D-Wade and/or a young more athletic Gary Payton. I am asking this because me and a friend are doing a report on the Thunder in my Sports Science elective class and who better to ask than nbadraft.net? I want to know a perfect/ up-to-date player comparison for Russell Westbrook; who does he most resemble? Thanks in advanced!

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    I’d compare Russell to a taller version of former Phoenix Suns point & current mayor of Sacramento, Kevin Johnson. Both are streaky shooters from behind the arc, but assassins in the mid-range. Both are explosive guards, known for attacking the cup, and drawing fouls. Westbrook is playing along side easily one of greatest scorers in hoop history, and still manages to get his fair share of buckets; and with efficiency. The same can be said for Kevin Johnson who played with Tom Chambers (27.2 ppg, ’89-90) and Sir Charles in the mid 90s, but still put up strong numbers throughout his career. The one thing that I saw in Russell that really resembled KJ was how he ends up with 11 assist in a game, but it seems like he’s been attacking his man off the dribble every time he touched the ball.

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