for someone that athletic why is Westbrook such a shytty defender?

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He's an good defender when his job is to only defend. When he's forced into high usage offensively his defense suffers. He did a great job of less gambling in the playoffs. Some off plays here and there. Hes a much better defender than klay Thompson who is completely awful off the ball. He should be better and more focused under griffin .shytty is beyond overboard. With that said


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This has been asked a million times, but Westbrook is not a bad defender, he just gambles a lot on steals or tires from offense
 

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Chris Paul , Rondo , Rose , ... Conley

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rondo and rose are all star level point guards?
chris paul is still a lock down defender?

Conley is decent choice but is he an all star?
 

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He's over aggressive, gambles, and lingers in the passing lanes too much. He's not focused on defense.
Man to man PG defense is overrated in today's game. How many times does the opposing PG come down and not use a pick now days? NBA today is about pnr defense, which is more of a team d than individual.
Kyrie has all the tools to be a good defender too, but he doesn't put in the effort and has awful footwork which is coaching.
 

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Thats your opinion
Personally i rank the NBA's point guards like this. You say check the record. :heh:
Curry had the best record and who shytted on him? Kyrie. Chris Paul and the Clippers would easily beat the Raptors in a Playoff Series even they had a worse record.

1A:Curry
1B:Westbrook
2:Paul
3:Irving
4:Lillard
5A:Wall
5B:Lowry
6:Walker
7:Thomas/Bledsoe/Knight/Dragic
After 2016 playoffs:

1. Chris Paul
2. Kyrie Irving - Upgrade
3. Russell Westbrook
4. Damian Lillard -Upgrade
5. Stephen Curry - Downgrade
6. John Wall
7. Isiah Thomas - Upgrade
8. Kemba Walker - Upgrade
9. Rajon Rondo
10. Kyle Lowry - Downgrade

Honorable mentions:
Mike Conely / Eric Bledsoe/Dragic
Knight
Teague - downgrade
 

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After 2016 playoffs:

1. Chris Paul
2. Kyrie Irving - Upgrade
3. Russell Westbrook
4. Damian Lillard -Upgrade
5. Stephen Curry - Downgrade
6. John Wall
7. Isiah Thomas - Upgrade
8. Kemba Walker - Upgrade
9. Rajon Rondo
10. Kyle Lowry - Downgrade

Honorable mentions:
Mike Conely / Eric Bledsoe/Dragic
Knight
Teague - downgrade
To be honest Curry and Lowry did have some of the worst games in the playoffs.
But i think they'll redeem themselves eventually :ld:
 
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