Jamal Crawford explains how Westbrook is viewed differently between players and "stat guys"

[mastermind]

His game so Fukkin Bi polar.

its really not. He is a rock head and not very skilled.

 

[MJ Truth]

When are we gonna do this? When y'all nxggas gonna be ready to face facts?



The fact you think his "resume" is somehow not indicative of the last handful of games is bewildering. But then again, you look at the game through the lens of box score stats, and think that just because he puts up these volume surface numbers that they're actually reflective of winning play, and not to the contrary.

Which is the true irony here, when there's no way in hell you've ever actually played the game at a competitive level if you were being fooled by the arbitrary nature of x-amount of points, x-amount of assists, x-amount of rebounds and mean-mugging throughout a game.

The irony of YOU of all people thinking someone hasn’t ever played the game when you won’t even leave your computer screen for more than five consecutive minutes at a time.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

The irony of YOU of all people thinking someone hasn’t ever played the game when you won’t even leave your computer screen for more than five consecutive minutes at a time.

How does it feel to be tricked by Westbrook's play over the last five years?

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

It's interesting to see nobody has really come to Westbrook's defense since. I guess, everyone must not agree with Jamal anymore, or at least think it's not worth defending....



It's funny that isn't it, where people just blindly agree with what a player is saying, but as time passes realize they weren't right in the beginning. Lesson #35568287347999 that you should think for yourself and come to your own conclusion.

 

[HandyWithTheSteel]

Those hot takes on the 1st page.

 

[Ethnic Cleansing]

It's interesting to see nobody has really come to Westbrook's defense since. I guess, everyone must not agree with Jamal anymore, or at least think it's not worth defending....

Wouldnt Lebron and AD recruiting and championing for Westbrook to come aid in their title aspirations indirectly illustrate that




.. or did you actually need a video of men gushing over him

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Wouldnt Lebron and AD recruiting and championing for Westbrook to come aid in their title aspirations indirectly illustrate that




.. or did you actually need a video of men gushing over him

They recruited him because they're friends. How do you not see this? If Bron could have his pick of anyone in the league to win, do you really think he'd choose Westbrook?

 

[Ethnic Cleansing]

They recruited him because they're friends.

So why did Lebron leave his good friend Carmelo teamless a few years back, rather than revive his career if he makes moves solely on friendship terms and not the belief that their talent could contribute to a ring?

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

So why did Lebron leave his good friend Carmelo teamless a few years back, rather than revive his career if he makes moves solely on friendship terms and not the belief that their talent could contribute to a ring?

Not every decision he makes is on friendship terms, but the one for Westbrook most certainly was. I'd say the large majority of moves that he gives the go-ahead for, are based on players he already has a rapport with.

And that's all besides the point, of course, Bron is going to come to Westbrook's defense. He's his teammate. He's biased. You see the problem? You're essentially making my argument for me. People that come to Westbrook's defense, have some ulterior motive. They're not speaking about his game objectively.

 

[Scottie Drippin]

He'll never win anything in his career and the coli will blame everyone else.

Coli is to Westbrook what broke white men are to Trump

 

[Creflo ½ Dollar]

People was blindly agreeing with Crawford just cause he an NBA player


I’m all for the pushback against stat nerds but you dnt have to be a stat nerd to see Westbrook is statpadding. Like who gives a fukk if u get 10assists if u get 10TOs…This gne be one of the worst trades in recent memory.


Kyle Lowry>>>Westbrook

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Bu-bu-but he shows all that effort to get triple doubles.

 

[Regular_P]

This right here is Westbrook in a nutshell:

 

[Don Homer]

This right here is Westbrook in a nutshell:

LMAO why the fukk would you leave Dort to guard Shai when there are like 3 nikkas already on Shai?!

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

No lies told


But these couch warriors on the coli think they can criticize Russ

There is no middle ground. Jamal just gave you the temperature of the players, but now you’d be more interested in what the coaches have to say? Nah, you seem to be looking for validation fir the narrative that’s anti- Russ. In that short clip Jamal said a mouthful, and if this was a more likable player, then everyone would sing a different tune. But it’s Russ, so his peers perspective doesn’t matter, you need to hear the coaches instead. Smh. I’d always trust active players opinions on active players, especially from their era.

once again what brodie is doing his ridiculous

not just for hoops as a sport but sports point blank

never been a athlete that's spent that amount of energy every run season after season

he's a mutant for sure for sure for sure ha

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all facts. Ballers respect certain players way more than the general public does

He’s speaking facts. White people weren’t fukking with basketball like that back in the day. They were moreso football fans, hockey fans and baseball fans. I can’t count on one hand how many times the white kids in high school got in on our basketball debates about Kobe, AI, TMac but they definitely couldnt stop talking about Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. It’s something you can’t quantify. You just had to be there to experience it.

jamal crawford talks so eloquently why isn't he on my tv calling games


And he speaks the truth, 50 years from now dudes will be looking at westbrook stats like

But coli gon coli and call him a cancer

cacs with all these stats that i don't give a damn about but his per says and his usg says and his warp and all that other pencil geek poindexter ish

It's funny cause Jamal was another one of those guys that NBA players had crazy respect for while the analytics community killed him.

westbrook only hated in this era of judging individuals in a team sport by titles. also im not accusing oscar robertson but nobody saw him play like that., i dont care if you saw a few old ass clips you didnt watch him like you watch russ now, i know you can see games where some of his rebounds or assists seem cheap but how the fukk you know oscar or whoever wasnt doing that too? plus we taking into account how many 5 foot white guys oscar was playing against while getting those triple doubles ? im sorry but the idea someone gets the most ever but its not real because of some personal beef these cac journalists got with russ cause he dont fit into their sterotype of what a good player should be is bullshyt

All facts!

Players feel different. Pat Beverly was on a podcast and said Westbrook is in his top 3 of hardest people to guard

Lebron has respect for him

Shows you why the hoops talk on here soo bad. Dudes didn’t start watching nba until 2010

big facts here.. never thought of it like that

I repeat:

I wonder if any of y'all opinions have now changed, that just maybe what the "stat geeks" were saying about him might be closer to being accurate than y'all were initially willing to admit.