Is Westbrook a Top 10 All-Time PG?

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fukk u back bruh. Its' no longer personal when i put it out in the open? What type of nonsense are you talking? And again i can have Dame on my top 10 list if i want and ain't a damn thing you can do to change that.
Bum ass list you fukkin p*ssy
 

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Better than a 24 year old Oladipo? He still had Adams, he had a young Sabonis as well, I can't agree. He just went all in doing shyt his way and didn't trust guys enough.
Yeah. Oladipo was just an average wing at that time he had underachieved up to that point. If you want to see how he improved go look at the articles I linked above Chris Brickley also might have some videos of his skill development. I know that charging, pull up jumper is something he got from Russell.

Adams is just a solid big man, dude is nothing to write home about lol. He can rim run, he has a hook shot, he was solid on defense, he rebounded, and was just a big tough motherfukker, dude is limited has no range.

Sabonis was a rookie dude was nowhere near what he is now.

That team had no shooting.
 
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Bullshyt, Oladipo as the #1 with a worst supporting cast took Bron's team to 7 the next year. Westbrook, Oladipo, Sabonis, Adams, Grant, Kanter, Robertson, Taj, McDermott is a decent roster that should be a tough out in the playoffs.

Grant, Dipo & Sabonis weren’t nearly the players they became. Dipo was timid & tentative in OKC & Sabonis/Grant had TONs of maturing to do

but these be the posters typing novels with a Quaker’s understanding of the game :francis::francis::francis::francis:
 
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Yeah. Oladipo was just an average wing at that time he had underachieved up to that point. If you want to see how he improved go look at the articles I linked above Chris Brickley also might have some videos of his skill development. I know that charging, pull up jumper is something he got from Russell.

Adams is just a solid big man, dude is nothing to write home about lol. He can rim run, he has a hook shot, he was solid on defense, he rebounded, and was just a big tough motherfukker, dude is limited has no range.

Sabonis was a rookie dude was nowhere near what he is now.

That team had no shooting.

Great Post @Rhakim ol “why didn’t the Raptors win a title they had Vince & Tracy” ass lmaoooooo
 

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Nah Jason Kidd Top 10 all day
He really top 5
One of the best passers ever
Highlight mixes are nice to watch but games are better :hubie:

I'm from NY saw a lot of Nets games. I remember wife beating Ason Kidd :francis:

To me he's a really good third to fourth option on a championship team in no universe would I take him over Dame or Kyrie :francis:
 

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I didn’t miss Jerry, he was also on that list. Went 1-8 and wasn’t the alpha on the one he got. By that aforementioned topic of winning, plus rings, I don’t think what he contributed made up enough gap to put him over Russ as a player
He made NINE fukkING FINALS and you don't think that constitutes enough of a winning gap over a guy who can't even lead his team out of the first round. :deadrose:

12 All-NBA teams including 10 1st-team All-NBA. Career averages of 27-6-7 on 47% shooting and 81% ft. Nine Finals appearances including a title and an FMVP. Led both teams in scoring in 5 different Finals (33+ppg in four of them and 38ppg in one). He's the fukking logo of the NBA. Westbrook has literally nothing over him except getting triple-doubles.

And West was a 26-4-10 guy and 1st-team All-NBA on that title team. Straight declaring that he "wasn't the alpha" is disingenuous, he was as much the alpha on that team as Wilt was.




I don’t feel like going on forever, but Russ’s placement comes down to how much you weigh folks team success over how good a player is on his own merit...that’s gonna be different for everyone
You're missing me, I'm always rating players on how good they are on their own merit. It's just that I view merit as playing good basketball, not filling up a stat sheet. And playing good basketball elevates your team.

Russ in the playoffs is 40% shooting, 5 turnovers/game, disinterested defense, awful bball IQ, and an easy 1st-round victory for the opponent. That's who he is. His focus on chasing box score stats doesn't move the needle for me at all.
 

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Highlight mixes are nice to watch but games are better :hubie:

I'm from NY saw a lot of Nets games. I remember wife beating Ason Kidd :francis:

To me he's a really good third to fourth option on a championship team in no universe would I take him over Dame or Kyrie :francis:
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We'll just disagree on this, then. Last year Russ shot a career high at the rim which is telling for a guy who attacks the basket the way he does. Shot a career high from the field on the second most shot attempts of his career...

That was in Year 12, guys posting career highs shooting the ball on high volume in Year 12 are in their prime to me. Not his peak, '20 Russ isn't the best version of Russ ever, but last year showed he was still in his prime...

I'd also argue, regarding the ramp ups last year and this year, that still being able to do that, in correlation with the aforementioned injuries that may have affected his starts to both seasons, collectively prove that he's still in his prime, albeit at the end of it...

When he starts a season free of injury and looks ass, and when he can't ramp up late in the year anymore, thats when he'll probably be squarely outside of his prime...
Them career high %'s is because Russ stopped taking so many jumpers. This is the worst he has ever shot. A guy who used to be a streak three point shooter, elite FT shooter, and had a deadly mid-range dribble pull up especially in transition against back pedaling defenders is now below average at all those things.

Anyway it's true Russ has been trash for 65-70% of the last two seasons then at the end he's ramped up to super saiyan levels...

The reason for that is because the coaches make changes to cater to him. In Houston he really started going crazy once the Rockets started playing 5 out with no center. It was arguments over whether that was sustainable but it was very beneficiary for Russ. In Washington, the main change has been going to three guard sets (Russy, Beal, Neto) and acquiring two bigs in Len and Gafford (one a mobile true 7-footer with touch, the other a hyper athlete). U can check Russy's splits in both seasons and see that those line-up changes catering completely to Russy is what led to his ramp ups.

Check it out for yourself with his month-to-month splits in both seasons bro...
Russell Westbrook 2020-21 Splits | Basketball-Reference.com
Russell Westbrook 2019-20 Splits | Basketball-Reference.com

He's not done but he is in the latter part of his prime to arguably past his prime at this point and the debate is whether you want to build a team around his playstyle at this age...
 
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