After another year of impactful work in the community, Russell Westbrook has been named one of the NBA’s 10 finalists for the 2020-21 Seasonlong NBA Cares Community Assist Award. Westbrook’s philanthropy and service was wide-ranging, including work in finance and education, as well as efforts to ease the struggles of the homeless and underserved during the winter. The throughline of Westbrook’s off-court work is his dedication to using his platform to shrink societal gaps in wealth, education and opportunity – and raise awareness for persistent racial inequity in our country. Westbrook wasted no time making an impact on his new home after arriving in D.C. just before the start of the season,. Just a few days following his preseason debut with the Wizards, Westbrook hosted a drive-through giveaway at The Children’s Guild, a Northeast D.C. charter school, surprising students, many of whom come from homeless or unstable housing, with Jordan Brand shoes, backpacks, branded facemasks and wristbands.