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Two Bruins make the Top 10 in the 2012 NBA Player Rankings conducted by ESPN. Losing in 2008 seems to hurt more and more every year.

Some rare photos of our favorite Bruin who's still in the NBA playoffs. Go Thunder! Credit: Sports Illustrated

A pretty funny take by The Basketball Jones on RW's fashion highlights from the post game pressers, along with some great new suggestions for the future.

Russell Westbrook said: "Want to hang with me in LA this summer and shoot some hoops at UCLA? Enter below or at the Champs Sports page for your chance to win."

"He always gets this label of being selfish," Perkins said. "He’s not that at all. The one thing about Russ is he’s a scoring point guard, and that’s what we need him to be. That’s why this team has been successful because he does what he does. "The thing that bothers me … is Derrick Rose is not a true point guard, he is a scoring point guard, but nobody gets on Derrick Rose like they get on Russ."

Sean "Diddy" Combs was at practice today with his son, Justin Combs, who is a H.S. CB with D1 offers. They were visiting UCLA on an unofficial visit and hung out with Kevin Love, Baron "B.Diddy" Davis and Russell Westbrook.

Oklahoma City Thunder point guard and former Bruin standout Russell Westbrook will be coming home to LA on February 20th. Congrats to Russ. LET'S GO! Notable Snub: NBA leading rebounder (by nearly 2 REBOUNDS A GAME over second place Dwight Howard) Kevin Love is punished for the woefully bad and talentless team he plays for.

Russ shares his video game preferences, and talks about being lightly regarded by NBA video games as a rookie. Sounds like he's angling for a cover!