AJ Neuharth-Keusch

USA TODAY Sports

The league-wide praise for Russell Westbrook just won't stop coming. And rightfully so.

LeBron James shared a video message via Uninterrupted on Monday morning, lauding Westbrook for his historic season, which reached new heights on Sunday night when he recorded his 42nd triple-double of the year, passing Oscar Robertson for the most single-season triple-doubles in NBA history.

"I've got to give a huge shoutout to the brodie, Russell Westbrook, on his historical season, breaking the all-time triple-double record set by the Big O — one of my favorite players, one of my idols so many years ago — setting the record with 42 tonight in Denver," James said. "It's just certain things that you never think you're going to see or never think that's going to be broken, and that's one of those records."

Westbrook, who came in at No. 1 in our MVP poll for the second straight week, capped off Sunday night's performance with a game-winning 35-footer at the buzzer, giving him 50 points on the night to go along with 16 rebounds and 10 assists. It was his third 50-point triple-double of the season, which is one more than any player in NBA history has in his career.

"Like Russ always say, he always uses his hashtag and uses his motto: Why not? Why not him? Why not other people? Why not us? Why not all of us, man? Something that we should all live by," James said. "Anything is obtainable, as we've seen Russ breaking that record tonight. As a friend, as a competitor, as a fan of the game, I'm just happy and proud of you bro. It's great to see history. It's great to see history, man. The way that you do it, it's a really incredible feat."