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    'We want Russ to be Russ.' Clippers up to the challenge of winning with Russell Westbrook.

    by Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times Feb 23, 2023 4 minutes
    Los Angeles Lakers guard Russell Westbrook gets fouled en route to the basket against the Portland Trail Blazers in the first quarter at crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022.

    LOS ANGELES — Russell Westbrook entered his career's latest chapter Wednesday through a side door of the Clippers' practice facility, taking a seat on a podium surrounded by more cameras and microphones than have shown up at the Playa Vista headquarters in five months.

    For the next 10 minutes, when Westbrook wasn't smiling, he was reiterating a promise.

    "Whatever they need me to do," Westbrook said, "I'll do it and do it to the best of my ability."

    Westbrook is a Clipper because coach Tyronn Lue, stars Paul George and Kawhi Leonard and top basketball executive Lawrence Frank still are believers in the 34-year-old former most valuable player's

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