Photos: NBA’s Russell Westbrook brings skills – and confidence – to youngsters at Altadena’s Loma Alta Park
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Russell Westbrook talks to the kids at the Why Not? Foundation giving them words of encouragement before going into his team’s second scrimmage game at the Why Not? Foundation event at Loma Alta Park in Altadena California on Aug. 2nd 2025 (Connor Terry, Contributing Photographer)
Russell Westbrook are talking to the kids at the Why Not? Foundation clinic after the workout, thanking them and there parents for coming out to there event at Loma Alta Park in Altadena California on Aug. 2nd 2025 (Connor Terry, Contributing Photographer)
Kids at the Why Not? Foundation clinic are playing a scrimmage game against each other while a player on the blue team is making a pass to one of his teammates at Loma Alta Park in Altadena California on Aug. 2nd 2025 (Connor Terry, Contributing Photographer)
Russell Westbrook is clapping his hands in front of one of the kids participating in the Why Not? Foundation clinic scrimmage game to congratulate him making a great play to the other team at Loma Alta Park in Altadena California on Aug. 2nd 2025 (Connor Terry, Contributing Photographer)
Kids at the Why Not? Foundation clinic are playing a scrimmage game against each other while a player on the blue team is driving to the paint of the court to score a wide open layup at Loma Alta Park in Altadena California on Aug. 2nd 2025 (Connor Terry, Contributing Photographer)
Kids at the Why Not? Foundation clinic are playing a scrimmage game against each other while a player on the red team is driving to the basket against a member of the blue team at Loma Alta Park in Altadena California on Aug. 2nd 2025 (Connor Terry, Contributing Photographer)
Russell Westbrook is playing in a full court scrimmage game with the kids at the Why Not? Foundation clinic at Loma Alta Park in Altadena California on Aug. 2nd 2025 (Connor Terry, Contributing Photographer)
Russell Westbrook is spectating to see if the kids are doing any drills incorrectly on the court at the Why Not? Foundation clinic at Loma Alta Park in Altadena California on Aug. 2nd 2025 (Connor Terry, Contributing Photographer)
Russell Westbrook dunking during a scrimmmage game at the at the Why Not? Foundation clinic event at Loma Alta Park in Altadena California on Aug. 2nd 2025 (Connor Terry, Contributing Photographer)
Russell Westbrook is high giving Michelle for winning the “Hustle” award at the Why Not? Foundation clinic at Loma Alta Park in Altadena California on Aug. 2nd 2025 (Connor Terry, Contributing Photographer)
Russell Westbrook walking into the gym, greeting the kids and there parents at the Why Not? Foundation clinic at Loma Alta Park in Altadena California on Aug. 2nd 2025 (Connor Terry, Contributing Photographer)
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Russell Westbrook talks to the kids at the Why Not? Foundation giving them words of encouragement before going into his team’s second scrimmage game at the Why Not? Foundation event at Loma Alta Park in Altadena California on Aug. 2nd 2025 (Connor Terry, Contributing Photographer)
NBA star Russell Westbrook was a slam dunk among participants in his kid camp at Loma Alta Park on Saturday, Aug. 3.
With roots in Los Angeles, the former Laker and Clipper guard, who also played at UCLA in his college years, held camp at Altadena’s revamped Loma Alta Park, months after the Eaton fire scorched the area.
Each year, Westbrook, through his Why Not? Foundation, teaches skills to 100 young people through the two-day intensive camp, held in conjunction with a group of NBA coaches.
The goal is to teach wellness skills and basketball skills, and inspire confidence, as the youngsters from underserved communities get ready for the new school year. The event’s goals connect with the larger mission of inspiring young people to ask themselves “why not?” when approaching goals in life.
