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'My point guard': Brooks eager to reunite with Westbrook

by Tim Reynolds
| December 4, 2020 1:30 PM

Scott Brooks was in his fourth game as interim coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder, who were off to a disastrous 1-16 start. The night on Nov. 29, 2008, he gave Russell Westbrook his first career start, putting him at point guard even though there were questions about whether the talented rookie could play that position.

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