We learned that PG dun goofed up! And that OKC will forever remain mediocre, so long as he remains that teams feature "point guard". Edit: https://sports.yahoo.com/news/the-truth-about-russell-westbrook-he-isnt-good-enough-to-lead-the-thunder-174629704.html [sports.yahoo.com] Perfect timing by Vincent Goodwill to backup my sentiments.
Isn't Vincent Goodwill the same guy who said it was Giannis' MVP this year, and it "wasn't even close"?? And didn't this same guy vote for Westbrook for MVP 2 years ago?? Yeah, he can choke on his inconsistent hot takes.
People realizing this a few years too late. Rockets fan have known since Westbrook's "MVP" season. We nit-picked his game back then and could already see all of the flaws. Nothing has changed with him. Meanwhile, Harden has improved drastically.
Yeah I knew he was someone that was on the wrong side of the Westbrook / Harden MVP race. But it's funny because we've been saying this long before his most recent "hot take" epiphany. He's a high flyer with a real f**k it attitude. Plus he's been on the Jordan / Nike brand and you know ESPN shows more love to players of those two brands over any others.
Yeah, Paul George done goofed up. Worse for OKC? Management done goofed up. That’s a small market city. Heck, it makes San Antonio look like a huge urban area. Can they afford a declining Westbrook along with what will likely become a frustrated PG? Their owner better have very deep pockets. Like Grand Canyon deep. They are going to need it.
Russ just doesn’t have the skill or b-ball IQ to be great. Theirs nothing more that needs to be said. If you go back and look at the thunder when they still had harden. Harden was the one with the ball in his hands at the end of games making all the decisions. As soon as they got rid of harden the writing was on the wall for KD to leave. No truley great player wants to play with Russ. PG is a different kind of dude because he won’t be getting out the first round while he plays out his last prime years in OKC. Should have forced his way to Houston when he had the chance.
Another thing to consider, I guess PG can ask for a trade at some point in the middle? Maybe if they're not making out the first round next season.
i think he's certainly in the conversation based on the last 3 years. before kd left, i think sometimes his sheer athletic impact on a game was underappreciated even in the face of mediocre efficiciency (he wasn't always this terrible). he and kd almost beat a 73 win team and part of that is just westbrook being a freight train. but that train went off the rails when kd left. now you openly root for him to shoot if you want okc to lose, and it's been going on for 3 years, especially in the playoffs. all-time, i think melo is more overrated. was getting called "best scorer" in the game for like a decade when it was demonstrably not true, and always had his defense/lack of assists overlooked for so long. now, like another overrated player in allen iverson, he can't even find a team willing to give him minutes when he was in the same draft class as lebron.
