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NBA baller, Russell Westbrook is crowned Sports Illustrated “Most Fashionable Athlete”
From inside the magazine, July 24, 2017 edition:
Why not?
This is the two-word mantra by which he shops, but also by which he practices, plays, walks, talks, dresses and eats. It’s the phrase he wears on an orange silicone bracelet on his wrist. It’s the phrase that helped him reap the 2017 MVP award after averaging a triple double, a feat no NBA player had achieved since Oscar Robertson in 1961–62, while piling up a record 42 of them. It’s the phrase that appears in the name of his charity organization, the Russell Westbrook Why Not? Foundation. It’s the phrase he hashtags on his Instagram posts, which often show off his unorthodox attire.
“It goes across so many things, not just in fashion but your whole self,” says Westbrook. “It’s so important to remember to be yourself, regardless of what others think.”
The Oklahoma City Thunder point guard, and wife Nina at the Sports Illustrated Fashionable 50 event, Westbrook makes a statement wearing a “Fight Racism” T-shirt.