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Welcome to Hot Take! This new series aims to become the hub of quick controversial opinions here on View From The Bridge that will either enrage or delight (but most probably the former!). Unlike other series here on VFTB, Hot Take is powered by YOU! Follow and comment on our Instagram for a chance to see your very own controversial Hot Take included on both our website and app!  Friday 23rd April - Russell Westbrook Should Win This Year's NBA MVP   I'll admit it. When this one first came up in conversation, I just heard crickets and rolling tumbleweed before thunderous laughter followed. However, like most on the conversations I seem to have with this weeks Hot Take producer Aaron Sparrowhawk, the more sense he seems to make.  The 2021 NBA season is on track to produce one of the most tightly contested MVP races we have seen in recent years. At no point did I ever think that Russell Westbrook would be included in this conversation but as the games roll by he's starting t...

With 8:07 left to play in last nights game against the Pacers, Russell Westbrook sat on the bench with 25 points, 10 rebounds and 20 assists - his 6th career 20/20 game. He ended the night with 35 points, 14 rebounds and 21 assists - the first stat-line of its kind in NBA history and his 157th career triple-double. These 2K-like numbers are something we have got used to and have earned Westbrook numerous All-Star appearances and the league MVP in 2017. However, Westbrook\"s very production of these video game-like numbers is the driving reason behind why he will become one of the greatest ringless NBA legends of all time. Drafted in 2008 with the 4th pick, Westbrook\"s elite athletism is what drew the OKC Thunder to him, and at 6\"4" he truly defined the rise of the modern-day point day point guard. In his early years in OKC, he helped form the infamous big three of Westbrook, Durant and Harden, a team that could never quite win together but would each go on to have...