On Monday, we reported that Russell Westbrook recently made the biggest donation by a former UCLA basketball player in school history to help build a new state-of-the-art practice facility on campus. Then on Tuesday, NBA redditor “Bewbley” shared this awesome story about Russ making a 13-year-old quadriplegic fan’s dream come true when he randomly visited the Children’s Center Rehabilitation Hospital in Oklahoma City:
“I work at a non-profit in Oklahoma City that does vital home repairs/remodels for folks who have been affected by disaster and disability. We’re helping a 13 year old kid (Janneh) who was shot back in June and ended up becoming a quadriplegic. After talking to a local news station, Janneh mentioned all he wanted for Christmas was to come home, and meet Russell Westbrook (his second favorite basketball player).
Yesterday afternoon Russ shows up to the hospital, unannounced, by himself, no Thunder Ministry of Propaganda, no twitter photo ops. Just Russ and his big heart for kids. He hung out for about 30 minutes, chatting up Janneh and just being awesome.”
Westbrook might very well be the most ferocious competitor in the league when he’s on the court and locked in, but it’s becoming clear that he’s a big softy off the court, which is pretty awesome and inspiring. It’s also possible that, being the competitor that he is and upon hearing he was Janneh’s second favorite player, he knew exactly what to do to ascend to No. 1 favorite player status. Read more about Janneh’s story and how you can help here.
(Via reddit)
