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Been a Russ fan ...and still rather have a healthy Russ over Harden. Dumbass Presti should of let go Perk ...
As much as I hate purednuht and acneface and meth, RWB is the real deal. This is flat out crazy and his stats are overlooked. Without him OKC was a 2nd round exit, KD was like 3 - 5 without RWB in the playoffs, not a great record.
This gets me hyped, unless he plays against my spurs, of course.
already has a better Finals performance than Kirby
Been a Russ fan ...and still rather have a healthy Russ over Harden. Dumbass Presti should of let go Perk ...
People love to hate this guy. He is one of most important pieces for the Thunder and is only going to get better.
He gets all the respect he deserves, and then some he doesn't. He's a chucker, he keeps Durant from playing his game, and people still think OKC would have beaten the Spurs with him. No chance in .
when ur high on meth u can say anything, lol okc methwankers...
no way they will beat the spurs last season with a healthy WB, WB and KD need to play out of their minds if they were to beat the spurs cause i dont see whatever they have on the bench or kmart coming up with the stats harden usually gave them....
Westbrick is overrated by the media and casual fans, and will be even more overrated this year considering he and Durant are pretty much RefKC's entire offense....
You'll get a wide array of opinions on this guy, and that's fine..one's opinion isn't right or wrong. I've watched the guy day in and day out from the get go and he was just excrutiating to watch for a long time, but they threw him to the wolves as a rookie to get his feet wet as they dubbed him the PG of their future from day 1. He truly has no equal in SOME respects at his position. It's difficult to make comparisons with him even to other PGs though, as his game is just so much different. If you're a long time SA fan and used to watching Tony Parker, Westbrook might very well drive you insane and you might despise the way he plays the position. He's a guy that's putting up 23ppg on high volume shooting and mediocre shooting percentages, but what he brings to the floor for OKC is just enormous, honestly.
all this proves is that harden carried the team
Westbrook is the equivalent of RG3: athletically gifted but insists on playing with monkeyball peanut brain jungle instincts
Poor comparison - RG3 passes the ball
No, it was RG3's ballhogging and not passing which caused him to tear his knee apartPoor comparison - RG3 passes the ball
To be fair, Westbrook was 7th in the league in assists last year, although his assist to turnover ratio wasn't exactly stellar. There are situations I think he forces the issue and I do also believe he could setup players more often, but the fact is that he doesn't pass, at times, because he doesn't have to. His physical skillset at his position is pretty much unmatched.
Westbrook has the bb IQ of an hot oyster. He is, on a regular basis, a liability at the end of the games and has been bailed out by Harden that basically was handling the ball to finish the game. I don't see where he doesn't get enough respect.
wondering how is he going to look after that knee surgery...
All I know is OKC played like in the playoffs without him. No doubt KD elevated his game a little and picked up the slack to at least save the embarrasment of a 1st round loss but without RWB OKC is a medicore team. People didn't appreciate Harden until he left and became a top 10 NBA player on his own team. When 2 players that need the ball play together, they will have to sacrifice. KD could easily average 32 ppg for a full season without RWB but he doesn't need to. They're already a Finals contender and they will only get better as they reach their primes.
RWB is legit.
By all accounts I've read, this was considered a fairly minor repair and should have no long term ill effects. Whether he's hesitant because of it remains to be seen. I can't fathom him being hesitant. As far as the le of this thread - I don't know if I agree with the statement that he doesn't get enough respect. It seems he's a fairly well respected player across the league. I know he has his critics, but who doesn't?
Everywhere I go, I see s hating on him for no reason.
His physical ability is off the charts, and it carries him far in this league, but he has peanuts for brains. Being a point guard and peanuts for brains is a bad combination and will eventually bite you in the ass during the playoffs.
Lol saying the thunder wouldnt have beaten the spurs in thr playoffs. It would have looked like a more even matchup if he was playing.
I know why you say what you say, but if you watch the guy game in and game out, you'll see he actually plays a ton of brilliant basketball. I do think there are moments in big games where he seems to feel cornered and takes way too much on his own shoulders and tries to play hero ball and it can all go to with him at times. In that respect, he has a lot of room to grow, but in general I think he's become a pretty smart player.
his stats = steve francis tbh
Not sure if I am right or wrong about him yet. I truly thought that KD might be better off without him on the court ball hogging, but after the playoffs, it seems like I might have be wrong, seems is the key word though, because I still think the Thunder would be better off with KD taking around 5-10 more shots a game than RW. The thing I was wrong about is, is that Russell is still a very dangerous player, and just having him on the court draws some attention away from KD, so that frees KD up more, but without Westbrook out there to draw some defensive attention (and time to adjust), Kevin found it harder out there in the playoffs.
I think Westbrook is too average of a shooter to be taking 10+ more shots a game (like he sometimes does) than Kevin Durant. If he could put his ego aside, and focus on passing the ball and driving to the rack more, while also mixing in a few jumpers here and there, then I think that would help the Thunder much more.
They lost to a team that had the matchups against their team. And with Westbrook, they still would have had the matchups. Wouldn't have mattered. I argue Memphis would have beaten OKC with or without Westbrook. It's definitely possible.
The Thunder wouldn't have beaten the Spurs in the playoffs. Spurs would have taken it in 5 or 6. They were on a rampage that only the Heat would (and did) have stopped. And only because of a bad coaching decision. If the Thunder would have been in that Finals, it would have been a 4 game sweep. Duncan destroyed 2 good big men against Memphis in a sweep..that's why the Spurs won. OKC's bigs aren't half as good as Memphis...Duncan would have killed them by himself. Tony would have just been icing on the cake.Lol saying the thunder wouldnt have beaten the spurs in thr playoffs. It would have looked like a more even matchup if he was playing.
You're smoking something.
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