Former NBA player Rashad McCants considers Russell Westbrook the greatest point guard to ever play the game of basketball. But he also thinks him being in that discussion is the reason the 36-year-old is still a free agent a month before the beginning of the 2025-26 season.
According to McCants, certain "forces" in and around the league don't want Westbrook to become the highest-scoring point guard of all time because that would enhance his case for becoming the GOAT at his position.
"They don't want him to reach this milestone. So imagine what this offseason will be like… even getting into a lineup will be tough," Rashad said on X.
Westbrook is the only point guard in NBA history to be in the Top 10 in points, rebounds, assists and steals. With 26,205 career points, he sits just 506 shy of surpassing Oscar Robertson's 26,710-point total to become the highest-scoring point guard ever. If he's to replicate his 13.3 points per game scoring average from last season, it would take Westbrook 39 games to climb to the first spot.
If Westbrook reaches that milestone, he would become the all-time leader in points and rebounds among players listed as point guards. But that's exactly why McCants thinks there is a conspiracy against the former NBA MVP.
"No debate after a deep dive into the game of basketball… @russwest44 is the greatest POINT GUARD OF ALL TIME! And it ain't even close!! Try me!!" he wrote on "X" one day earlier. "Don't forget what a point guard is!!!!! He ain't have Kareem and nem either!!! Got traded and started getting 20-20 triple-doubles!!! He had 20-20-20… none of the other POINT GUARDs are capable of that!!"
Although McCants did not say who doesn't want Westbrook to pass Robertson on the all-time point-guard scoring list, this is not the first time that he has made a case for the 36-year-old as the greatest point guard of all time.
Last year, also during an episode of Gilbert Arenas' "Gil's Arena," McCants proclaimed that Westbrook is the point guard GOAT from a statistical standpoint.
"By metric, it would make Russell Westbrook the best or the greatest point guard of all time. Seeing the double-double - points and assists - Chris Paul and John Stockton, right? It was the one thing that was pretty much valued as much as anything from the point guard position," McCants said .
"But Westbrook averaged a triple-double at the point guard position. He did it how many times? Four times! We talkin' about double-double being the highest (metric) for a point guard? So how can Westbrook not be all the way up here at 200 triple-doubles?" he added.
Most fans and current/former players still consider Earvin "Magic" Johnson the greatest point guard ever. Others say it's Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry . Statistically speaking, however, Westbrook is more prolific than both.
If Westbrook surpasses Robertson on the all-time point-guard scoring list, he would add yet another argument for his case as the GOAT at his position. Hopefully, an NBA team will sign him and give him that chance.
This story was originally reported by Basketball Network on Sep 21, 2025, where it first appeared in the Latest News section. Add Basketball Network as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
