5 Greatest Players in Oklahoma City Thunder/Seattle SuperSonics Franchise History

#3 Russell Westbrook

Westbrook has stayed with the franchise ever since he was drafted in 2008.

Seattle SuperSonics selected Russell Westbrook as the 4th overall pick in the 2008 draft (Sonics then relocated to Oklahoma City and became the Oklahoma City Thunder six days later).

Westbrook averaged 15.3 points, 5.3 assists, 4.9 rebounds, and 1.3 steals in his first season and made the NBA's All-Rookie First Team. In his second year, and first season as a full-time starter, Westbrook went on to average 16.1 points, 8.0 assists, 4.9 rebounds, and 1.3 steals per game.

He has amassed 17,184 points for the OKC franchise which is 3rd on the franchise's all-time points scored list. He has 6,113 assists to his name, ranking second to only Gary Payton's 7,384 for the franchise and also ranks 3rd in the organization in terms of career steals (1,300) and career rebounds (4,953).

In the 2016-17 season, he joined Robertson (five times) and Wilt Chamberlain (twice) as the only players in NBA history to record 20 triple-doubles in a season. He averaged a triple-double by the time the season ended with 31.6 ppg, 10.4 apg and 10.7 rpg, winning NBA's regular season MVP of the year. Westbrook is nicknamed "Mr. Triple Double" for a reason.

A 7-time All-Star, the closest Russell has come to an NBA championship was in 2012, when aided by Durant’s 28.5 points per game in the postseason, OKC advanced to the NBA Finals, where the team lost to the Miami Heat in a five-game series.