The Russell Westbrook Problem

Russell Westbrook, the 22 year old All Star point guard of the Oklahoma City Thunder, has received a staggering amount of criticism this postseason, mostly for jacking up shots that could be going to teammate Kevin Durant. Although it's a fascinating development, it's pretty much covered at this point:

• Westbrook appears to be impersonating Sidney Deane from "White Men Can't Jump." 
• Don't we all sometimes feel like we're surrounded by a bunch of Russell Westbrooks who refuse to acknowledge that, hey, we're good too!
• Westbrook was in the middle of the most criticized 40-point scoring effort in NBA history
• Westbrook causes aneurysms on the spot
• Westbrook is like shooting craps in an abandoned missile silo

 So let's move on to something really troubling.

Note: Getty Images requested that we pay $402 to use this image.  After a long talk with the Zards ALards! legal department, we're pretty sure they were kidding.

Above is Russell Westbrook's angry face. We've been seeing it after made shots (take that critics!) and misses (dang!), so we've been seeing it a lot. And it stinks! It's way too smirky. Combined with his somewhat feminine, human-of-the-future bone structure, he just looks silly. Come on Russ! Don't go the Kobe Bryant route!

We've got a lot of respect for Kobes, but his mean face is stupid. Westbrook is young enough to switch things up. The man does amazing, amazing things on the court. Witness:

Thanks again Getty!

It's about time his mug caught up with the rest of his game. And if he wants to start passing to Durant, that would be cool too.