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Russell Westbrook 'didn't watch basketball much growing up'

Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports

If you're a guard who plays the game full throttle at all times, earning the respect of Allen Iverson would surely be an honor, as it is for Oklahoma City Thunder's Russell Westbrook.

The real story of Westbrook's Iverson-related comments, though, was his admission that he didn't watch much basketball growing up.

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There's no time to actually watch basketball when you're busy dropping triple-doubles on other youngins.

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