The Lakers reportedly looked at Russell Westbrook as a ‘vampire’ in their locker room and that’s so messed up

Russell Westbrook didn’t deserve this at all.

Russell Westbrook is not a player without his warts. He’s too ball dominant and he’s never been a good defender.

But one thing that you’ll never hear his peers say about him is that he was a bad teammate during the times they’ve played together. They normally swear by him. There’s a whole list of folks — Steven Adams, Bradley Beal, Rui Hachimura. The list goes on.

Until now, apparently. There were apparently teammates in LA with the Lakers who don’t have the most glowing review of the former Lakers’ point guard.

That makes sense — he was dissatisfied with his role in LA. But that very rarely blew up in public spaces. We’ve only seen it really happen one time. That’s why it was so surprising when ESPN’s Dave McMenamin reported that someone on the Lakers described Westbrook as a “vampire” in their locker room.

“As one source told me, ‘As one source told me, ‘You remove a vampire from the locker room.’ That meaning a vampire sucks the blood out of the locker room and Russell Westbrook moves on.” 

Those are extremely harsh words, man. And pretty cowardly considering that the source remained unnamed.

Considering Westbrook’s past experiences with other teammates at every other stop, it’s hard to see this as anything but him being painted as a scapegoat for the Lakers’ struggles.

That’s unfair, too. Westbrook definitely wasn’t a solution for the Lakers’ problems, but he certainly wasn’t the only problem they had on their hands.

Fans didn’t appreciate hearing this about Westbrook at all.