Russell Westbrook goes off on reporter who asks about team’s play while he’s on the bench pic.twitter.com/oikTf0GxCj
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) April 23, 2017
This is one of those situations where you can see where each person is coming from.
It is a legit question for Steven Adams who is on the floor when Russell goes to the bench, so would be in a position to speak on why OKC struggles even though the answer is pretty obvious. The reporter obviously was trying to bait Adams, but that is what reporters do.
Russell understanding what the reporter was trying to do tried to protect his teammates.
We all know that Russell isn’t surrounded by the best team, but he is doing his best to now thrown them under the bus. It is why his teammates respect him. I can respect that, but the whole point of a press conference is to answer the questions and the question wasn’t for him.
In the end the question was for Adams so he should have been allowed to answer.
Funny the reporter wouldn’t give up the mic though.