Let's talk about Westbrooks defense.

[DonRe]

Westbrook has always done this but he wasn't always a shytty defender. Early on in his career he got a lot steals and tried on that end of the floor.

 

[holidayinn21]

But he's sooooo passionate!!!!!

 

[Cᵣₐₛₕ&ₜₕₑCₒᵤₚ]

When he was younger he could smother PG's on-ball when he decided to turn it up with his combination of size and athleticism. However, a major hole in his game is that his off-ball D has been major dookie ​

 

[UpAndComing]

You're operating on outdated information.

Harden has been passable defensively this year. CP has him focused.


Westbrook has been enabled to not give a fucc defensively by the same media that ripped Harden in the past.

You gotta point, I haven't been watching the Rockets much since Chris Paul got injured

Which goes back to why I want that Billy Donovan to be fired. Bad coaches don't preach defense

Look at Kyrie on the defensive end this year with Brad Stevens as the coach

 

[BLAZO da GAWD]

Very overrated player. Gets a lot of passes because he’s animated which gives off the “shows passion” vibe and throws a veil over his obvious flaws.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

If only someone had tried to bring this up last year

I'm sure people wouldn't have denied it aggressively


Oh, wait

I remember I was the first one to bring this up, and you tried taking the credit for it, despite being two weeks late - regurgitating some shyt you heard on a podcast.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

at Harden stans in here trying to prop up his defense because Westbrook doesn't play any.

 

[inndaskKy]

I remember I was the first one to bring this up, and you tried taking the credit for it, despite being two weeks late - regurgitating some shyt you heard on a podcast.

You'll try to take credit for anything breh.

A couple years from now you'll try to take credit for saying you were the first person to point out how insincere @Gil Scott-Heroin posts are.

 

[gho3st]

this dude switches 90% of time on defense, is always on the wrong side of the court, always loses his man, and lets his big men get dominated by guards.

it's even more frustrating cause he got all the tools to be a good defender, but he just refuses to play D.

last night was the perfect example. Thunder need a stop, irving has the ball at the top of the key and WB just lets Adams switch while he goes roams on the paint, probably to secure a rebound. Irving does his thing and goes by Adams and gets the easy layup.

As an MVP of the league and the leader of your team, there is no excuse for that. The whole 4th quarter he played like that. And in fact if you look at tapes of every game, you will this constantly. It's his 7th or 8th season in the league and he still refuses to play D. it's damn frustrating to watch

dont know where the myth that he plays defense came from....

 

[Colin X]

He LOOKS like he plays defense


And that’s all people really care about


Folks hated when Harden played zero because he looked lazy out there. If he looked all angry and shyt like Westbrook I’m sure Harden’s lack of defense wouldn’t be as clowned as it is/was

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

And folk wonder why Durant bounced

Been telling you stat padding WB has zero effect on the game because his no defense negates his triple doubles..

So we don’t want to ever hear WB is better than Curry because clearly WB is not better than Curry and never was at any point

 

[Roman Brady]

this dude switches 90% of time on defense, is always on the wrong side of the court, always loses his man, and lets his big men get dominated by guards.

it's even more frustrating cause he got all the tools to be a good defender, but he just refuses to play D.

last night was the perfect example. Thunder need a stop, irving has the ball at the top of the key and WB just lets Adams switch while he goes roams on the paint, probably to secure a rebound. Irving does his thing and goes by Adams and gets the easy layup.

As an MVP of the league and the leader of your team, there is no excuse for that. The whole 4th quarter he played like that. And in fact if you look at tapes of every game, you will this constantly. It's his 7th or 8th season in the league and he still refuses to play D. it's damn frustrating to watch

I think the overall consensus amongst today's players is that playing both sides of the court will shorten your career..

 

[Colin X]

I think the overall consensus amongst today's players is that playing both sides of the court will shorten your career..

It will

 

[Roman Brady]

It will

That's a dangerous precedent but a sign of the times and culture..It's crazy though how the kobes, Shaq and stuncan tallied almost 20 years mostly doing it the right way . I mean look at wade, dude is done at 15 and he's had numerous lost seasons where he'd be on IR not even making the postseason

 

[SlurRty]

this dude switches 90% of time on defense, is always on the wrong side of the court, always loses his man, and lets his big men get dominated by guards.

it's even more frustrating cause he got all the tools to be a good defender, but he just refuses to play D.

last night was the perfect example. Thunder need a stop, irving has the ball at the top of the key and WB just lets Adams switch while he goes roams on the paint, probably to secure a rebound. Irving does his thing and goes by Adams and gets the easy layup.

As an MVP of the league and the leader of your team, there is no excuse for that. The whole 4th quarter he played like that. And in fact if you look at tapes of every game, you will this constantly. It's his 7th or 8th season in the league and he still refuses to play D. it's damn frustrating to watch

IS IT HIS FAULT OR IS IT WHAT HIS COACH IS TELLING HIM TO DO?