"They call Russell Westbrook a shoot-first point guard. Wrong description.

Westbrook is a shoot-lots point guard — 17.3 shots a game, eighth-most in the NBA. Only Kobe Bryant shoots more among guards.

Not that there's anything wrong with that. Westbrook is making 45.3 percent of his shots and in the league's top 20 for foul shots made per game. You won't hear me squawking for Westbrook to pass the ball.

But he does, frequently. Westbrook likes to pass. He tries some goofy decisions, but he makes a ton of great passes, too. A total mystery is how the world came to see Westbrook as selfish. Watch the games, please.

And more evidence arrived Wednesday, a banner day in Boomtown, when Westbrook signed a five-year contract extension that binds him to the Thunder until summer 2017.

Westbrook could have held out for more money. Could have demanded quicker freedom.

Instead, Westbrook delivered to his teammates, his organization and this city a blessed gift. Expansion of the Thunder's window of opportunity to turn Oklahoma City into Titletown."