At least he’s figuring it out now and not when he’s out of the league like Melo. Good for him.
Jbyrd07
Yes, thank you Russ for increasing your trade value…hopefully
b1indsamurai
benchbrook is bestbrook
Kashmir33
What credit should we give him? I loved how he played last night, and it would be amazing if had more of those nights. But it’s kinda silly comparing 3 extraordinarily awful games to 17 still pretty awful games.
While coming off the bench, Westbrook is scoring 16 ppg with a **51.2 TS%**, an efficiency that is 14 points below league average, **86 TS+** on bball-reference, and **19.3 TOV%**, by far the highest in his career. That is not good. It shouldn’t be portrayed as good.
Those numbers are remarkably similar to last season and I think everyone agrees (everyone besides MITWestbrook) that he was really, really bad last year.
Has he had games when he was great for the team? 100 %.
On average though he has had negative impact on offense. There is no way to sugar-coat that. Games like last night are not the norm, unfortunately.
texicali74
He seems to have embraced his role, and the team is better for it. I’ve dogged on Russ as much as anyone, but good for him. And this may be buying him a few more years in the league.
mozeze
This is the best game I’ve ever seen him play, in his career. He’s doing everything you want him to do to contribute to winning, not stats.
Decision making, SCREENING both for the ball handler and shooters (!!), dunker spot positioning, offensive rebounding. Love it
BBaron08
Russ is still a starter on 80% of teams. He’s one of the best shot creators in the league and still can blow by his man at will.
Problem is we have an even better shot creator in Bron and the fit never worked.
Now when it’s his team when he’s on the floor he’s shining again.
Fozzamorg
Can we appreciate Russ playing well without like completely ignoring the fact that he threw tantrums all the season last year when he was benched to close out games, completely ruled out coming off the bench, refused to run pick and rolls the way he’s now with LeBron etc? And that because of how he refused to adjust things went downhill and he he threw everyone under the bus in his exit interview?
Like, credit to Russ for going back to playing well, but this should’ve happened exactly one year ago, and while I’m no great fan of Vogel you can’t tell me it was all his fault.
curiousboyz
Crazy his agent was literally right lmao. Russ can be so stubborn man but at least he seems to figure it out now
BigFlip702
As probably the biggest fucking Russ fan in the world this has made me so happy lately.
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At least he’s figuring it out now and not when he’s out of the league like Melo. Good for him.
Yes, thank you Russ for increasing your trade value…hopefully
benchbrook is bestbrook
What credit should we give him? I loved how he played last night, and it would be amazing if had more of those nights. But it’s kinda silly comparing 3 extraordinarily awful games to 17 still pretty awful games.
While coming off the bench, Westbrook is scoring 16 ppg with a **51.2 TS%**, an efficiency that is 14 points below league average, **86 TS+** on bball-reference, and **19.3 TOV%**, by far the highest in his career. That is not good. It shouldn’t be portrayed as good.
Those numbers are remarkably similar to last season and I think everyone agrees (everyone besides MITWestbrook) that he was really, really bad last year.
Has he had games when he was great for the team? 100 %.
On average though he has had negative impact on offense. There is no way to sugar-coat that. Games like last night are not the norm, unfortunately.
He seems to have embraced his role, and the team is better for it. I’ve dogged on Russ as much as anyone, but good for him. And this may be buying him a few more years in the league.
This is the best game I’ve ever seen him play, in his career. He’s doing everything you want him to do to contribute to winning, not stats.
Decision making, SCREENING both for the ball handler and shooters (!!), dunker spot positioning, offensive rebounding. Love it
Russ is still a starter on 80% of teams. He’s one of the best shot creators in the league and still can blow by his man at will.
Problem is we have an even better shot creator in Bron and the fit never worked.
Now when it’s his team when he’s on the floor he’s shining again.
Can we appreciate Russ playing well without like completely ignoring the fact that he threw tantrums all the season last year when he was benched to close out games, completely ruled out coming off the bench, refused to run pick and rolls the way he’s now with LeBron etc? And that because of how he refused to adjust things went downhill and he he threw everyone under the bus in his exit interview?
Like, credit to Russ for going back to playing well, but this should’ve happened exactly one year ago, and while I’m no great fan of Vogel you can’t tell me it was all his fault.
Crazy his agent was literally right lmao. Russ can be so stubborn man but at least he seems to figure it out now
As probably the biggest fucking Russ fan in the world this has made me so happy lately.