There are few players who play with the non-stop drive Russel Westbrook plays with.
He never seems to take a break or plays without a high level of intensity. Both mentally and physically. It’s amazing that with the amount of intensity he plays with that he hasn’t been injured more often.
Derrick Rose comes to mind as a player who played early in his career with a large amount of intensity that his body couldn’t keep up with.
Michael Jordan is a player who could match Westbrook with mental intensity but was more patient physically.
Whether having a non-top high intensity mentality is all important is up for debate . But this post introduces the concept of the ‘Player “Russel Westbrook” Ranking’ or RW value. Based on a scale of 1-10 it can be used to subjectively assess a player’s intensity.
