NBA 2018 All Star Game: Predicting The Starters

10. West - Guard - Russell Westbrook

In the 2016-17 season, Russell Westbrook was a beast. There is no other word for how this guy played. No one in the entire NBA since Oscar Robertson in 1962 had ever averaged a triple double over the span of a whole season, until Russ last year. Averaging over 30 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists would be impressive by anyone's standards, but for a 6'4" Point Guard those numbers are even more ridiculous!

This is the reason why he took the MVP trophy away from fantastic players like Kawhi Leonard and James Harden, and this is on a team that lost Kevin Durant and had no real weapons other than Westbrook. Without him the Thunder wouldn't have even made the playoffs.

Last season the challenge facing Westbrook was whether he could produce, as well as the season before without Kevin Durant. After proving that - and then some - the question facing him going into next season is how well he and the team will play after adding Paul George into the mix.

Westbrook proved last season that it doesn't matter who else is with him on the floor, he is going to produce all star calibre basketball.