NBA: Kidd: Russ the “Mike Tyson of basketball”

Prior to the OKC Thunder’s duel against Milwaukee Bucks, Bucks coach Jason Kidd praised the current MVP Russell Westbrook in the highest tones.

“He’s the Mike Tyson of basketball,”Kidd said about Westbrook.”When the ball goes off, he’ll go like Tyson when the gong sounds. Whenever he’s on the court, he only knows one tempo, and that’s fast, hard. Only John Wall is comparable. You get attacked all the time. “There’s no slow ball recital; they attack you and cause trouble.”

The Thunders won the game against Milwaukee with 110:91, Westbrook scoring 12 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists,”He is the best point guard in the world,”said Kidd, who once held the title himself,”He puts so much pressure on your defense. He can adapt to having talented boys like Paul George and Carmelo Anthony at his side. He’s so dangerous in the fastbreak, because he always finds the open-minded people and exerts pressure.”

Meanwhile, the new star trio of the Thunder reminds him of another Big Three, Kidd continued,”They remind us a bit of the old Miami teams. Every turnover becomes a dark or threesome. That’s why it’s so important to watch the ball. As soon as the ball is lost, soot attacks regardless of loss.”