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Westbrook, the star guard of the Oklahoma City Thunder, said the fan directed “disrespectful” and “racial” comments toward him. “A young man and his wife in the stands told me to get down on my knees ‘like you used to,’ ” Westbrook said .
The full story behind that video of Russell Westbrook telling a Jazz fan he’d ‘f*ck you up’ Westbrook and two teammates say the fan told him to “get on your knees like you’re used to,” which the fan denied.
A Jazz fan can be heard calling Westbrook “boy” by a fan . Russ tells the fan to stop, but instead he just repeats it. Westbrook took the high road in this instance and called over security. I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again: Players should have the opportunity to box unruly fans at halftime.
Keisel alleges he told Westbrook to ice his knees, while Westbrook told reporters after the game that Keisel told him to “get down on your knees like you used to,” which he understood as a racially motivated statement. A video of Westbrook’s angry response to the incident went viral.
Keisel’s ban from Vivint Smart Home Arena came after Westbrook—then a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder— said Keisel made a racially insensitive remark, telling him to “get down on your knees like you used to.”
Nina Earl m. 2015