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For many media members, it was an example of the same old Russ. Back in 2017, Howard Beck, The Ringer’s Senior NBA Writer and president of the Professional Basketball Writers Association, called Westbrook the toughest player to interview by a mile. "He just oozes contempt for the media, or at least for the interview process.
His answers are often clipped and condescending, frequently defensive, and occasionally hostile," Beck said back then. Beck stood by those comments in a phone call five weeks prior to Westbrook’s Kings rant. "In the course of the time I’ve been covering the league, he’s at a particular end of the spectrum, among the more contemptuous of the media," Beck told The Sporting News.
"I don’t think that’s hyperbolic. I don’t think that’s anything other than an objective assessment. " Sporting News This article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: "In the course of the time I’ve been covering the …