Westbrook should have been a running back. You ever play pool with someone who hits the ball too hard every time they shoot? It's like they are taking out their frustrations on the table, or that physical effort improves their game....if they just hit it harder, it might go in. That's how Russ plays basketball... he doesn't consider plays, or momentum, or that players who don't get touches on one end often won't be too involved on the other. Russ is just taking out his frustrations on the basketball and the rim. While that works great in "And1", it doesn't work so well against teams who play 48 minutes as a team. Russ and Kevin take turns playing hero ball. They don't play team basketball. That's mostly on Brooks, what coach allows his point guard to take 40 shots in a loss then follow that up with 32 in another loss?
I'll give Russ this, he can get to the rim and to the line and he can score points. He just doesn't know how to win.