Russell Westbrook has struggled during the opening weeks of his first season with the Los Angeles Lakers and expressed frustration with outside direction on how he should play. 

"Everybody wants me to do this but then they don't want me to do this," Westbrook said on a video conference call with reporters Monday. "Honestly, I'm over the whole situation with what everyone else wants me to do and what they think I should be doing."

LeBron James has continued to back Westbrook.

"People are saying 'let Russ be Russ,' I think nobody understands what that means," Westbrook continued. "I think people just say it -- 'let Russ be Russ' -- but nobody actually knows what that means but myself. And I'm gonna lean on that and make sure I do what I'm supposed to do. And let everything else outside the locker room, whatever that may be, take care of itself."