In the NBA Bubble, Russ reportedly left around a 10k tip for the housekeepers at the hotel. When I asked him about it he said he left a big one but wouldn’t confirm the amount. “the money doesn’t matter. I just like to do the right thing”
A genuinely good human. https://t.co/Y1J5KBhTQI
— Taylor Rooks (@TaylorRooks) February 11, 2023
[Keith Smith:](https://twitter.com/KeithSmithNBA/status/1624200469584158720?t=ZyJORoy0–kP8yswXi8MfA&s=19) “I know from Disney people that it was over $50K. They also said that was on top of daily/weekly tips he left and him being incredibly friendly and easy to work with for all the Disney folks.”
[Tim Reynolds:](https://twitter.com/ByTimReynolds/status/1624202128339177472?t=Osb15gXCYQeRRP8ytboEkA&s=19) “I can add to this — not only did he leave the tip, but he asked other players do something nice for them as well, noting what those workers went through just to ensure that we could actually HAVE a bubble.”
I hope Russ goes down as a better person than player as all should aspire to be. If there was a Man of the Year award in the NBA (Let’s call it the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Man of the Year or something) then Russ would’ve had that award in his display case for sure.
Respect to Russ 🙏
by Crowxzn
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Let’s see how people bash him for this
This story has been posted here like 10+ times in the last 24 hours
I’m so glad some media members and players are sticking up for Russ. The slander’s been crazy
Russell’s PR team going crazy right now
Puff Piece Editorial
Treating Russ like a toddler being bullied pt 347
We know he’s a good dude. He just sucks at basketball, never takes accountability for his mistakes, and can’t adapt for the sake of the team.
A Walter Payton Man Of The Year type award in the nba would be great.
That’s awesome but I am so confused not a single person is calling Russ a trash human the last two years. He is being criticized as a basketball player and how that has impacted the team he played for.
If Russ wanted better PR he should have adapted to his role, played better, and been a better person to the media his entire career. You reap what you sow.
Russ never has teammates hating on him, and has never been in any embarrassing scandals. He doesn’t deserve the slander he’s getting. He’s a lil hot headed when it comes to basketball, but everything I’ve read about him outside of ball makes him seem like a good dude.
Nobody said he was a bad person, but he’s now a bad basketball player.
Russ is a good dude, he did a lot for our community. Most everyone I know had something good to say about his character. He was almost constantly giving things away to people who needed them or just being a bro.
He won the all star game MVP one year and it came with a KIA for some reason and he ended up giving it away to a single mom.
Some days he’d just show up to a hospital and take pictures with people there and make donations to their surgeries. Completely unannounced most times too.
He donated a lot of money during the tornado, like nearly a million if I recall, he also passed out shoes and other clothes to homeless people.
He donates most of his outfits to charity too iirc.
When Russ was in the eighth grade he watched his best friend die on the basketball court. For over a year after his death he went to his friends parents house and did his chores for him to try and help them cope with the loss and help out anyway he could. He wrote his name on his shoes and says he plays for him.
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He’s honestly a great human being and people threaten his family because he doesn’t play basketball very well anymore. Fuck those people. There is a reason people stan for Russ, he’s earned it man.
In the NBA bubble, Zion reportedly left around a 10kg dump in the toilet for the housekeepers at the hotel. When I asked him about it he said he left a big one but wouldn’t confirm the amount. “the dump doesn’t matter. I just like to poo the right thing.” A genuinely good dumper.
These PR stories are great but find me a single person who was shitting on him as a person and not what he does on the court.
Didn’t this exact thing get posted yesterday?
Give this guy a max deal.
I don’t think his character as a person was ever put into question, I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything but good things about Russ off the court.
Like sir Chuck puts it, you can separate the man from the player. I have no doubt he’s a great man, husband, father, etc… but it doesn’t take alway that he’s regressing as a player. His contract is a issue, but if he decided to step it down in terms of a role, I think Russ could be a great mentor for players.
Jokic once said in an interview that at an All-Star game a few years ago, he jokingly asked Russ what he was gonna get him for his upcoming birthday (Feb 19th).
Russ actually ended up getting him a present, although Nikola didn’t disclose what it was
Legit question: Can he still play defense?
A lot of criticism is the amount of money he gets paid for his output. The fact is he signed that contract in OKC in his prime after he won the MVP.
“a genuinely good human”
I hate millennial speak so much
Why we bring up two year old stories about Russ leaving a tip? This is news?
The Russ Reputation Rehabilitation campaign has begun
Classic vampire. Nobody ever suspects the rich nice guy when da blood starts to go missing.
Calling someone a vampire may not be good press, but just because someone is a good or great person, does that mean they can’t be criticized for being the problem? Doesn’t mean he’s a bad person, but also doesn’t mean he was a good teammmate, fit, or player anymore frankly
Well vampires are pretty high maintenance with the backwards sleep schedules and blood stained white shirts.
Alright. We get it. Everyone on r/NBA owes Russ an apology blowjob.
Mods, send out the invite.
Lmao Russ media PR blitz out in full force
I really think that’s part of the issue the league has with Russ. Not his peers or individual execs specifically but the system in general and the culture says basketball comes first, and while I think Russ enjoys basketball I genuinely think he no longer gives af when it comes to the additional frivolities surrounding the profession especially when compared to some of the current ills in our society today.
I doubt he cares about attending a press conference answering the same questions he has for the last three weeks when there are towns in the USA without fresh drinking water.
The timing of this makes me think it was leaked by his agent for good PR trying to get a team to sign him.
The evolution of opinions about Russ is crazy. (And I know why – it’s the psychological reasoning that I find fascinating.)
People like myself who have defended Westbrook for YEARS have said the exact same things people are saying now. He’s a charitable, a good person, a better player than people give him credit for, etc. He’s eccentric, but a lot of successful people are. But, so many people hated on him.
Now that it’s somehow anti-LeBron and/or anti-Lakers, I’m seeing a lot of pieces about how Russ is a a good person, charitable, a better player than being are giving him credit for, etc. And acting like that’s some sort of flaming hot take. It’s funny.
I’d take Russ back in a heartbeat here in OKC. City actually gets better having him around.
I don’t post here often. But I’ll say this.
About 10 years ago, I was at OSU for grad school. Back when he and KD and Harden played for OKC. He and KD showed up to a game I went to. While I’d say he’s shorter in real life than he looks on the court, there’s no doubt in my mind he’s a bigger man than most athletes. He gave a handshake or hug to everyone that passed him and wanted one. The dude is absolutely a man of the people and I will never forget that moment in my life where he showed how much he cared about anyone who looked up to him.
Can you imagine how much money they saved by being in the bubble? I bet it was a lot more then $10k. Imagine being a rookie, being paid 1 million and then being hidden away form all the people who would take it from you… Also no going to restaurants, no clubs, no shopping sprees. I wonder if in the future they will study that.