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Is Russell Westbrook the key to slowing down Kyrie Irving? 🤔



Is Russell Westbrook the key to slowing down Kyrie Irving? 🤔

Draymond Green says the Clippers should start Russell Westbrook in playoff series vs. the Mavericks. @DraymondGreenShow

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33 Comments

  1. In this hypothetical, if Russ starts, the Clippers will lose spacing, forcing Kawhi, PG, and Harden to make long contested 2 pointers. Because Mavs are willing to let Russ shoot wide open 3s.

  2. 😮nerves!!😒bruh are you nba player, or MMA fighter hell I see you a podcaster too huh?😂Draymond just hoop and stop tweaking on the court.

  3. Who tf listens to this guy… an active player talking about other active players he plays against should be at least frowned upon… he has subscribers? No wonder things are in the dumps

  4. Draymond knows more about defense than all of us combined, especially when you consider the fact he was the best defensive player in basketball for a handful of years, but I still don't understand why Russ needs to start for this plan to work. I can easily see PG guarding either of Kyrie or Luka while Kawhi guards the other. The second one of those two start to heat up then switch it up by subbing Russ in. I guess you could say starting Russ to set the tone would help the Clippers, but there's no way to completely shut down Luka AND Kyrie, especially at the same time.

    Props to Russ though; For most of his career Russ was considered a terrible defensive player, when in reality he just couldn't put the right amount of effort on that end of the floor since he was using all his energy offensively. Dude was drafted as an athletic defensive guard, which people tend to forget about, but I always knew Russ was AT LEAST better than average defensively. He proved this year that, if needed, he could've been an all-defense type player. Draymond acknowledging Russ as a defensive threat against Kyrie proves this.

  5. As a clips fan, I'm alright with that. But Russ provides the spark for our second team. Keeps the pace fast.

  6. I think Kawhi guards Luka in clutch time but for most of the game you put other lengthy forwards on Luka like PJ Tucker, Daniel Thies and Paul George

  7. Draymond: let’s put Kawhi on Luka and Russell on Kyrie

    Comments: Let’s have a Draymond vs Randy Orton 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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