This is the most worn out excuse ever. OKC's roster is way better than the Rockets, the difference is Harden makes everyone better and WB leaves them to fend for themselves. Ibaka is good enough to be one of the best players in the league, great defender, rebounder with a working J and some basic post moves he should be scoring 18+ a night with his skills if he had somebody setting him up correctly. This is why I don't believe that Harden+WB+KD= dynasty like so many people are saying, Harden needs the ball to be effective and yet he only got scraps from WB and KD in OKC. It was pretty much the same thing with Nash and Dirk and Finley, Nash really only became MVP when he left Dallas and went to a squad that gave him complete and total control over the b-ball, in Dallas he was just a set up guy and got leftover shots from everyone else. Even if you have all the latent talent in the world, you won't be able to use it if you don't have the opportunity to do so.
He has to be out, right? I mean a dent in your head has to mean something bad happened right? Craziest thing ive ever seen.
Emptiest triple doubles ever. A game after notching a consecutive triple double and losing, Russell Westbrook says he needs to trust his teammates more. Then notches a third consecutive triple double....and loses, always always always taking the shot while he freezes out his teammates. He's a dynamic player, but just when he put his team way ahead for a sure win, he clanked, clanked, clanked it away.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Westbrook has a dent in his face <a href="http://t.co/nSxndvhJ4R">pic.twitter.com/nSxndvhJ4R</a></p>— Artem (@nbarocksstc) <a href="https://twitter.com/nbarocksstc/status/571552577453613056">February 28, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Really? Couldn't tell it in crunch time of the Portland game. It's hard for a roster to show their offensive skills, when they have a ball hog for a pg. WB did his best Kobe imitation down the stretch.
Apparently he is the new prime Lebron according to some posters...except you know LBJ's teams win when he puts up ridiculous stat lines.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Oh man. RT <a href="https://twitter.com/AnnieMPeterson">@AnnieMPeterson</a>: AP's Don Ryan with a good shot of Russell Westbrook's face: <a href="http://t.co/l2lQoDsoTv">pic.twitter.com/l2lQoDsoTv</a></p>— Royce Young (@royceyoung) <a href="https://twitter.com/royceyoung/status/571572752018120704">February 28, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Sure, he's putting up triple doubles but he isn't winning. Can we think of another player who did something similar? Kevin Love with guaranteed double double? Not a lot of value in what he's doing without the overall result being a win
