Triple Doubles are so overemphasized. Westbrook is a rebound chaser (steals rebounds from teammates), and he has an insanely high usage rate. It's not as impressive as ESPN hypes it up to be
I thought it was interesting that Lillard and especially McCollum finished 4th and 5th in the player voting behind the consensus three of Westbrook/Harden/Curry, ahead of CP3, Klay etc. http://official.nba.com/wp-content/...7-All-Star-Starters-Player-Voting-Results.pdf
And philly doesn't have a single one The whole conference is finally doing better after years of garbage.
Triple Doubles do seem to come more often this season, so i'm sure there is some rebound stealing and empty assists involved, but doooooood!!!! What Westbrook is doing is bonkers, it is crazy impressive. If Lillard was doing the same thing and we were in the thick of the playoff race, we would all be creaming ourselves daily. This board would be full of boner pics.
Outside of some guys like Melo and LeBron, I don't think he is very liked personality-wise around the league.
honestly, if i were Westbrook, i would decline the all star game as a whole after this. him not starting is fucking retarded. and i even hate the guy.