10 fastest players in the NBA right now

#2 Russell Westbrook

For the better part of the last decade, the OKC Thunder has had one of the best transition offenses in the entire league. Russell Westbrook is a huge reason for this trend. Arguably the most athletic point guard of all time, the former league MVP always seems to go at 100 miles per hour to the point that sometimes he seems to play with reckless abandon.

The mercurial point guard averages 4 turnovers per game, one of the highest in league history. Further, his speed renders him indecisive at times as he takes ill-advised shots which affects his team negatively.

Despite some of these drawbacks, Westbrook is one of the best all-round players in the league, known for his intensity and ferociousness. Further, he is the only player in league history to average a triple-double for an entire season three years running. The 30-year-old had the least efficient year of his career despite averaging a triple-double for the third straight season in 2018-19. The Thunder subsequently bounced out in the first round of the playoffs for the third straight year.