Russell Westbrook, who plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the NBA, is a six-time NBA All-Star and a two-time NBA All-Star Game MVP. Along with professional stability, Russell, 29, seems to have a blissful personal life as well. Russell is a married man and a parent to his only child, a year old son, with his 28-year old gorgeous wife Nina Earl.
Find out more about the pair and their married life here in FamousStardom.
Russell and Nina are college mates. The pair were together even after they moved on from the University of California, Los Angeles. And Russell seemed to like Nina since their college days. In his interview with ESPN Magazine in April 2013, he said,
She sounds pretty fantastic — and super talented. She's a smart girl.
The two fell in love with each other more and more with every single meeting. The pair dated each other for years before their engagement in September 2014. They made their love affair official via an Instagram post on September 4, 2016, which she captioned,
"My life! I love you like XO @russwest44. Thank you @jasonofbh for the gorgeous ring!"
As reported, the professional NBA player proposed his partner with a 6-piece elongated cushion cut ring worth $700 thousand. Their engagement created a buzz on the web with thousands of their fans showing love towards the couple.
One of the fans, Gabriella wrote,
@ninamari3_ I missed this!! Congrats!!!!!!!!! You seem very happy!!
While, another fan, Briana Caldwell wrote,
Congratulations Nina!!!! Girl you and Russ deserve to be happy. Wishing y'all a blissful 80+ years together. Grow old happily.
Thereafter, the fans desperately waited for the pair to take their engagement to the next level and get married. Unfortunately, it was only after a long wait Russell and his fiancee Nina got married. They tied the knot a year after their engagement.
Russell and Nina got married on August 9, 2015. They said "yes" in front of friends and family and several of Westbrook's current and former teammates such as Kevin Durant, Kevin Love, Serge Ibaka, Dorrell Wright and James Harden, who brought Khloe Kardashian in the wedding as his date.
Russell Westbrook married his college sweetheart and dressed pretty normal (via @KarenCivil): http://t.co/xBeRpJpxZR pic.twitter.com/4P7NBQWJUZ
— SB Nation (@SBNation) August 30, 2015
Well, the couple reportedly is living happily together. They have been married for 2 years and there are no reports of divorce or conflicts in their marriage.
Let's wish the happy couple a lot of happiness, and let know more about their son.
Congratulations showered on The Thunder star Russell and his wife after they welcomed their baby boy. They became parents for the first time after the birth of their son Noah Russell on May 16, 2017.
Russell even shared the photo of their newly born baby on their social media showing the little cute feet of the baby. Have a look.
The world didn't have to wait for long to see the adorable photo of the cute baby as Russel shared his son's photo after a month of the child's birth. He looks just like his father. Check this out!
Russell's fans quickly posted about the similarity between Russell and his son on the social media.
Not saying Russell Westbrook's son will turn out exactly like Russ, I'm just saying we should probably go ahead and get him under contract. pic.twitter.com/oma5h7mZ91
— Up The Thunder (@UpTheThunder) June 13, 2017
Noah Westbrook, like father like son. #ThunderUp pic.twitter.com/7YKeMyirOn
— Carson Cunningham (@KOCOCarson) June 13, 2017
Yeah, he's the papa's son.
Best wishes to the happy family, stay tuned for more updates!<