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Russell Westbrook — Broly the Legendary Super Saiyan

Russell Westbrook might not have the sheer power of Broly the Legend, but he’s the only guy in the league fueled solely by an unquenchable desire for revenge. Broly’s life is dominated by a maniacal drive to destroy Goku. Broly despises Goku so much that he orchestrates an elaborate ruse with  to lure the Z fighters away from earth, traps them on a dying planet and tries to eliminate them all one by one. Whenever he even looks at Goku, Broly literally loses his freaking mind. He just starts screaming “Kakarot!! Kakarot!!!!!” nonstop.

With Kevin Durant departing Oklahoma City, Westbrook launched one of the most relentless revenge tours in league history. He went on a triple-double rampage and took home the MVP award by a comfortable margin. Late in close games Westbrook became an incandescent fireball of rage. He was an assassin in clutch situations, which is probably the main reason that OKC outperformed its seasonal point differential by four wins. Now that Paul George and Melo are on the Thunder, Westbrook is in better position (still not promising of course!) to get even with KD and the Warriors.  I can already hear Russell’s crazed screams as he devotes every fiber in his body to exacting sweet revenge: “KD!!!! KD!!!”