Selfish?

For only the second time in NBA history, a player has averaged a triple-double—a minimum of ten points, ten rebounds and ten assists a game—over the course of the regular season.  The Oklahoma City Thunder’s Russell Westbrook joins Oscar Robertson, who did it first in 1961-62.  I wonder if people complained that Robertson was selfish, too.

This has been the knock on Westbrook, that he wouldn’t share with teammate Kevin Durant and was still selfish this season with Durant gone to Golden State.  Oh, please.  The man’s a shooting guard—he’s supposed to score points.  It’s the other two parts of the equation that make the accomplishment so amazing.  Westbrook averaged over ten rebounds and assists a game.  A selfish player can’t do that; he doesn’t want to hang under the basket fighting very big guys for rebounds, and he doesn’t like to pass the ball in order for someone else to score.

Sorry, but you can’t set this record while being “selfish.”  It’s logically impossible.