One of Mark Cuban’s more controversial and curmudgeonly statements that he has stuck to for a while now is the argument that Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook is not a superstar.
According to the Dallas Mavericks owner, a superstar can walk into any team and lead them to a 50-win season, and Westbrook hasn’t shown he can do that yet. After an incredibly impressive first half of the season, though, Cuban was willing to hedge just a little bit.
Mark Cuban kind of softens his stance on Russell Westbrook: "If he's not a superstar, he's the closest thing to it."
— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) January 21, 2017
You’re almost there, Mark. We believe in you.
Of course, as recently as December, Cuban declined to use the terminology even as Westbrook was putting up a constant string of triple-doubles. He’s sticking to his definition, no matter how absurd it makes him look – but he’s starting to soften a tiny bit.
