Why Not? Foundation<\/a> in 2012.<\/p>\n“The Russell Westbrook Why Not? Foundation aims to create pathways of empowerment for underserved communities in the areas of educational opportunities, workforce development and accessible mental health resources,” the foundation’s website reads.<\/p>\n
“With ‘Why Not?’ being a personal ignition for Russell Westbrook, the foundation looks to instill this mindset in the youth while offering their resources to set children and their communities up for continued success.”<\/p>\n
Westbrook enjoyed a great 18-year career, averaging 20.9 points, 8.0 assists, 6.9 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game. He’s a nine-time All-NBA player, three-time assist leader, two-time scoring champion and the 2016-17 NBA MVP. Westbrook also averaged a triple-double on four different occasions.<\/p>\n
He made a great impact on the court (especially for the Oklahoma City Thunder from 2008-2019) and is now a member of the NBA’s 75th Anniversary Team.<\/p>\n
In the present date, it’s clear Westbrook wants to carry the Olympic torch. He elaborated more, per Golliver.<\/p>\n
“To be able to [carry the torch], you have to be able to position yourself to have your hands in so many different areas,” he said. “For me, I’m working religiously impacting so many people, advancing technology, energy, education, health care, mental health and wellness. Every aspect, I want to have my hands in to help any way I can.”<\/p>\n
Per a United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee press release<\/a>, the torch relay will begin in the spring of 2028 in Atlanta, where the last Summer Olympics in the United States were held in 1996.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former NBA star guard Russell Westbrook wants to carry the Olympic torch in two years, when the 2028…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":927009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-927008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=927008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/927009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=927008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=927008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=927008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}