Russell-Westbrook's wife described in detail the death threats her family received on social media, and as a 9-time All-Star member, former regular season MVP Westbrook said it was nothing new to be ridiculed by others, but his wife, Nina, said publicly that they wanted to uphold the family's honor and protect their children. After the Lakers and Spurs game, Wei Shao said at a press conference, "Something is coming at me alone, don't mess with my family, it's just a basketball game, not all."
After the Lakers' 100-117 loss to the Spurs, Westbrook said, "I'm 100 percent supportive of my wife and her feelings, and when it comes to basketball, I don't mind people criticizing me for losing or shooting, but when my name is humiliated, it becomes a problem." ”
"I used to care about this kind of thing and never bothered me. But one day I was really hit. My wife and I went to my son's parent-teacher conference. The teacher told me, 'Noah, you're proud of your last name.' He said to everyone, 'I'm Westbrook,' and I sat there startled and suddenly realized, damn, I can't allow people to tarnish my last name anymore. ”
The Westbrook family has three children, a 4-year-old son, Noah, and a 3-year-old twin daughter, Jordan and Skye. Westbrook joined last summer during the Lakers' big change, and in the game lost to the Spurs, Westbrook shot 5 of 14, including 1 of 6 in the fourth quarter, and five turnovers, the Lakers finished 28-36 and ranked ninth in the West, and they only had 18 games left.
"For example, 'Westbrick,' for me, is now a disgrace," Mr. Westbrook said, "and it seems that whenever he doesn't perform well, the nickname goes viral and it's a disgrace to my name and a disgrace to the legacy I've left to my children." The name represents not only me, but also my wife, my mother, my father. ”
As the Lakers' highest-paid player this season ($44 million annually), Westbrook's performance has been the target of many fans who are disappointed by the Lakers' instability. Westbrook averaged 18.1 points per game, 43.4 percent shooting, 28.4 percent three-point line shooting and 67 percent free-throw line shooting, as well as 7.6 rebounds, 7.2 assists and 4.0 turnovers.
Wei Shao vowed that if there were such taunts in the future, he would also participate in a similar way, "Many times, I am resigned, but now it is time to stop this behavior and issue a warning." ”
Westbrook also said the attitude of the fans led him to not let his family members come to the scene to watch the game, "It even affected them to go to the game, I didn't even want to take my kids to the game because I didn't want them to hear people call their dad nickname or other names for no reason because they really liked basketball." It's so bad that my family doesn't even want to go to any game at home, it's so unfortunate, man, it makes me very depressed. ”