NBA 2016/17: 5 things we learnt from the opening week

#5 Westbrook looks the most likely to follow Tiny Archibald

Russell Westbrook has had a monstrous first couple of games

Tiny Archibald did the unthinkable back in the 1972-73 NBA season, he led the league in both scoring and assists. There has been a lot of talk recently about how James Harden’s ‘transformation’ to a point-guard could make that stat-line happen again, but apparently Russell Westbrook has his own ideas of repeating history.

The front-runner in the MVP race as part of the build-up to the season and pre-season odds (owing to Durant’s departure), Westbrook could well be chasing multiple histories at the same time. He has two triple-double in his team’s first three outings (last happened in 1982: Magic Johnson), has already recorded a 50-point triple double game (last happened in 1975: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), and currently leads the league in both scoring and assists.

Westbrook will be at the heart of all of Thunders’ basketball this season, and if you think he was scathed by the departure of Kevin Durant, that is one hell of a start to show how he’s feeling now. Expect a lot of volume shooting, a lot of insane and incredible facilitating, a lot of pounding the glass, a lot of steals and lest we forget, a few turnovers here and there from Russ, but as an individual, this is probably going to be a season for the ages.

If you thought this guy had a monstrous 2015-16 season, expect a Thunderous season from him this time around.