Westbrook quote

[Ice009]

Didn't Steve Francis always used the say the same thing? I seem to recall Francis never, ever gave the other team's defense credit at all.

[dallaskd]

He always misses jumpshots though. It's forcing him to shoot jumpshots is what is Dallas is doing for the most part.

lol thunder in 6

[Bill_Brasky]

Sounds like a certain red headed love child that's played too many minutes this year (and last).

a Westbrook/Bonner comparison, classic SpursTalk.

[Ice009]

One thing I had noticed is that his misses are usually always short. that is horrible shooting and way off IMO when you are that short, you probably should learn to shoot before taking 30 shots a game. Good shooters don't normally hit the front of the rim that short. He really needs to improve.

[100%duncan]

If I see Westbrook iso'd on Kidd to the left/right of the basket resulting in him running into the middle of the lane where all the traffic is I'm going to bust up my TV....that and him being airborn for a layup but passing into traffic or shooting an off-balance fade that barely grazes the rim because he's thinking about passing it into traffic.

His skillset and the job he's been assigned to do at PG put him in an awkward spot. Dude has athleticism for days and is still learning the position so I do cut him some slack....but it's like he either plays overly aggressive and puts up a lot of ill-advised shots or he does like he did tonight and attempts to force passes (presumably because he's letting the talk that he's shooting too much get into his head). He's going to have to find a balance on the fly, like push the tempo in transition to see if you can catch Dallas' defense off-guard and get an easy score....if it's not there and you look to penetrate, take what the defense gives you.

I think he did both pass into traffic which resulted in TO and shoot extremely difficult shots

[Pelicans78]

The Mavs closed off the rim and didn't foul him. Good defense. He's a one-trick pony. Drives to the basket, makes the occasional jumper. Has no court vision whatsoever. Thunder don't need him as much as he thinks they do. They could get by with Harden and a solid PG and still be a strong team as long as they have Durant. Westbrook just takes shots away from Durant and Harden.

[Killakobe81]

If I see Westbrook iso'd on Kidd to the left/right of the basket resulting in him running into the middle of the lane where all the traffic is I'm going to bust up my TV....that and him being airborn for a layup but passing into traffic or shooting an off-balance fade that barely grazes the rim because he's thinking about passing it into traffic.

His skillset and the job he's been assigned to do at PG put him in an awkward spot. Dude has athleticism for days and is still learning the position so I do cut him some slack....but it's like he either plays overly aggressive and puts up a lot of ill-advised shots or he does like he did tonight and attempts to force passes (presumably because he's letting the talk that he's shooting too much get into his head). He's going to have to find a balance on the fly, like push the tempo in transition to see if you can catch Dallas' defense off-guard and get an easy score....if it's not there and you look to penetrate, take what the defense gives you.

Excellent points. He appears to be "overthinking" ...and the defense seems to be rreading when he wants to score and when he is gonna force it. He needs to vary his game more ...

[redzero]

The Mavs closed off the rim and didn't foul him. Good defense. He's a one-trick pony. Drives to the basket, makes the occasional jumper. Has no court vision whatsoever. Thunder don't need him as much as he thinks they do. They could get by with Harden and a solid PG and still be a strong team as long as they have Durant. Westbrook just takes shots away from Durant and Harden.

The Mavs definitely fouled him. Or the refs thought they did.