8. Russel Westbrook

 

 

 

At the beginning of this season, most fans doubted that he would ever be good again due to the fact that he was struggling at the beginning of the season and he got traded by Houston. ESPN rated him the 36^th best player in the NBA, he didn’t even make the all-star team this year.

But through perseverance and hard dedication, Wizards are now in the playoffs and Russell Westbrook is averaging a triple-double (22 ppg, 11.6 RPG, 11.6 APG). Recently, he passed Oscar Robinson in all-time triple-doubles, which proves that he is one of the top point guards in the league today and is still playing the game of basketball with a high degree of effectiveness.

Russel Westbrook is the definition of underrated, and that is a fact.