Originally posted by Gore:
Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:
Originally posted by Gore:
Originally posted by TheXFactor:
Why the sam hell did you all trade for Westbrick in the 1st place? There's a reason he's been on 4 teams in 4 years.
Desperation...
Westbrook is a much better player than he is showing for the Lakers. It was clear from the jump that this was a bad fit. Now he is being scapegoated when the team in general is a lottery team.
Westbrook needs to be on a team where he is the primary ball handler and has some shooters around him. He cannot be an offball player. I have no idea why the Lakers thought he would be a good addition to a team with Lebron running the offense.
He is? He lost a lot of his athleticism that's made him special for all those years. That was his game - be more athletic than the other guy. As time went on he never improved his shooting and this what you get now, an average athlete who can't shoot. He's literally one of the worst shooters in the league over the past several years.
I think the hope was that he still had at least a year or two left of playing at a high level but that's gone. It doesn't matter what role he takes on, he's just not a good player anymore. Dude has been stuffed by the rim...he's not anywhere close to what he was in OKC or even Hou.
Guys like that fall off fast. Shawn Marion comes to mind.
