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Westbrook's defense is stellar

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Plowman, Jan 18, 2020.

  1. Plowman

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    Never understood the criticism of this part of his game.
    Yes, he would log a bunch of minutes / miles in OKC, and it might have suffered a little at times due to this...but RW has always been formidable on the defensive end.

    BTW - We might have other issues, but this guy has gotten healthy and really upped his game.
     
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    Probably his best defensive season ever. Worse in OKC.
     
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    CF always said his defense was ass and now is suddenly good? I don't know, i think he tries tbh, his problem is probably more lack of iq which still makes him not a good defender overall, the fact that he plays next to Harden isn't helping either, cause overall they're just not good defenders, and our team defense certainly suffers that (also cause McLemore is the third lol), they'll have to step up in this aspect if they want to win.
     
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    He and Harden are not the problem on defense.

    It's the fact that we play Danuel House and Ben McLemore significant minutes at Forward... :D
     
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    There was no reason for us to sign bmac unless we are trading e.g. and eg definitely plays better than mac.
     

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