Westbrook Compare And Contrast

There are many comparisons between great basketball players, but this comparison is the most popular one. Russell Westbrook is a twenty eight year old basketball player that plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Stephen Curry is also a twenty eight, but he plays for the Golden State Warriors. Because of their dedication and hard work these two players have achieved many honors. With all their accomplishments, Russell Westbrook is better player all around than Stephen Curry. Westbrook and Curry differ in statistics and appearances, but are the same in leadership and age.

First. Westbrook and Curry have different ways of getting their teams to victory, so their statistics differs. Westbrook has more combined points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks than Stephen Curry. On offense Westbrook have 14,470 points and 5,068 assists while Curry only have 12,555 points and 3,765 assists offensively. Even though Westbrook is statistically the better player in offensive, Curry has a better free throw and three point percentage. (Land of Basketball). Defensively Westbrook has 3,923 rebounds, 1,116 steals, and 187 blocks. Curry

Russell Westbrook's career started at the NBA draft in 2008 when he was the first round pick four with the Seattle Supersonics. Stephen Curry's career did not begin until the follow year when he was the round one pick seven by the Golden State Warriors. Westbrook has more honor and appearances because he had a whole season before Curry to begin his journey. Since Westbrook and Curry both been in the NBA , Westbrook has had more playoff, all star, and All-NBA appearances. Westbrook has played only played 93 more games than Curry (Matli). Curry has also had some accomplishments that Westbrook does not have or just do not have as many as Curry. For example, Curry has more season MVPS, All-NBA First Team appearances, and he was once the steals