Russell Westbrook SPICY post game interview

SF_Warriors · Post #101 » by **SF_Warriors** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 7:00 pm

Yea..I'm not giving the benefit of the doubt to a guy whos been averaging under 40% FG percentage for over a month. Since the new year, he has had two stretches of 4-6 games where he's averaged UNDER 30% FG percentage. Now I know FG% isnt the end all of basketball proficiency, but no one can shoot that type of percentage and be helping the team.

The Laker Kid · Post #102 » by **The Laker Kid** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 7:12 pm

His career might be finished after this stint. If you somehow made AD+Lebron team worse after joining, then you are totally the problem.

In the meantime, it's Fiesta at the GB while the Lakers crash and burn! :party:

Bobbymcgee · Post #103 » by **Bobbymcgee** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 7:13 pm

Carmelo needs to have a sit down talk with Westbrook about being a washed up high usage player and having to accept a lesser role in order to remain relevant.

shangrila · Post #104 » by **shangrila** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 8:36 pm

Bobbymcgee wrote:Carmelo needs to have a sit down talk with Westbrook about being a washed up high usage player and having to accept a lesser role in order to remain relevant.

Nah, someone just needs to slap him in the face with his numbers this season. Since, according to him, that's all that matters.

tarantism · Post #105 » by **tarantism** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 9:06 pm

Remember when people thought the Lakers would be good?

Remember when they would have it figured out by mid season?

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Cubbies2120 · Post #106 » by **Cubbies2120** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 9:26 pm

shangrila wrote:
Bobbymcgee wrote:Carmelo needs to have a sit down talk with Westbrook about being a washed up high usage player and having to accept a lesser role in order to remain relevant.

Nah, someone just needs to slap him in the face with his numbers this season. Since, according to him, that's all that matters.

Lakers need to hire a fan to just yell each game "- 22 this game, 30% from the field, 6 turnovers, $44million a year!!!"

Hoop Heavy · Post #107 » by **Hoop Heavy** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 9:36 pm

EArl wrote:
Larry_Russell wrote:Now that Lebron has destroyed the Lakers, what team is he going to next?
Clippers?
Portland to play with Dame?
Brooklyn to join KD and IRving?

If winning a championship for us is called destroying a team, I think a lot of teams would want that.

Sure ... but probably most teams want to follow the San Antonio model ... where winning championships leads to ... wining more championships ... not into dooming a franchise to years of mediocrity. Right?

Free Rider · Post #108 » by **Free Rider** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 9:56 pm

Hoop Heavy wrote:
EArl wrote:
Larry_Russell wrote:Now that Lebron has destroyed the Lakers, what team is he going to next?
Clippers?
Portland to play with Dame?
Brooklyn to join KD and IRving?

If winning a championship for us is called destroying a team, I think a lot of teams would want that.

Sure ... but probably most teams want to follow the San Antonio model ... where winning championships leads to ... wining more championships ... not into dooming a franchise to years of mediocrity. Right?

Ideally, although most teams are so desperate for a chip they'd gladly take the latter route if it's there.

Jazz9 · Post #109 » by **Jazz9** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 10:03 pm

He's an ex-superstar on a superstar contract who fell off a cliff but who's trying to convince himself that he's still that guy.
He'll go back to being a superstar and show everyone how wrong they were!
Obviously he's in denial and that will never happen but good luck making him face reality...

He also acts like the critics don't faze him.
He's also in denial about that, they affect him and very much so.
He's never been a good (or even average) shooter but he has the absolute worst misses of anyone in the league.
His confidence is shot, he's second guessing everything.

In short, an absolute nightmare to have on your team.

TroubleS0me · Post #110 » by **TroubleS0me** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 10:12 pm

shots fired @ Vogel...directly

Post #111 » by **chitownsports4ever** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 10:39 pm

I don't understand why anybody is surprised by this .

How quickly people forget that at one point Baron Davis ,Stevie Franchise ,Marbury, and Dwill all were tearing the league up and then were gone by the time they hit 32. There are far to many fans that have fallen into this belief that just because Lebron and Cp3 are still effective in their late 30s that every super star is gonna fair the same . Truth be told Westbrook is just the tip of the iceberg and there will be a quite a few more stars that will be essentially done by 32 for various reasons.

NyKnicks1714 · Post #112 » by **NyKnicks1714** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 10:45 pm

Jazz9 wrote:He's an ex-superstar on a superstar contract who fell off a cliff but who's trying to convince himself that he's still that guy.
He'll go back to being a superstar and show everyone how wrong they were!
Obviously he's in denial and that will never happen but good luck making him face reality...

He also acts like the critics don't faze him.
He's also in denial about that, they affect him and very much so.
He's never been a good (or even average) shooter but he has the absolute worst misses of anyone in the league.
His confidence is shot, he's second guessing everything.

In short, an absolute nightmare to have on your team.

If you take the top 10 teams, I wonder how many would take Westbrook on a vet min contract.

JRoy · Post #113 » by **JRoy** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 10:46 pm

The Laker Kid wrote:His career might be finished after this stint. If you somehow made AD+Lebron team worse after joining, then you are totally the problem.

In the meantime, it's Fiesta at the GB while the Lakers crash and burn!

Nothing sweeter than Laker tears

Hoop Heavy · Post #114 » by **Hoop Heavy** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 10:46 pm

Free Rider wrote:
Hoop Heavy wrote:
EArl wrote:If winning a championship for us is called destroying a team, I think a lot of teams would want that.

Sure ... but probably most teams want to follow the San Antonio model ... where winning championships leads to ... wining more championships ... not into dooming a franchise to years of mediocrity. Right?

Ideally, although most teams are so desperate for a chip they'd gladly take the latter route if it's there.

All the best long-term teams (who have most of the chips) laugh in your general direction. Look at how guys like Duncan and Lowry can make their team better even as they exit or age. It's about loyalty. When you are Lebron ... and want to be considered GOAT ... and still haven't overcome MJ's playoff prowess ... is there a conflict of interest between the long-term health of the team and "your legacy".

Lebron is a sublime and yet still overpowering player. LeGM seems to have doomed that amazing guy's last few years. Oh wait ... contracts up ... this house is a mess ... I'm off to play with Bronny. BYE!

Get ready! It's a house of cards in a tornado.

Free Rider · Post #115 » by **Free Rider** » Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:02 am

Hoop Heavy wrote:
Free Rider wrote:
Hoop Heavy wrote:

Sure ... but probably most teams want to follow the San Antonio model ... where winning championships leads to ... wining more championships ... not into dooming a franchise to years of mediocrity. Right?

Ideally, although most teams are so desperate for a chip they'd gladly take the latter route if it's there.

All the best long-term teams (who have most of the chips) laugh in your general direction. Look at how guys like Duncan and Lowry can make their team better even as they exit or age. It's about loyalty. When you are Lebron ... and want to be considered GOAT ... and still haven't overcome MJ's playoff prowess ... is there a conflict of interest between the long-term health of the team and "your legacy".

Lebron is a sublime and yet still overpowering player. LeGM seems to have doomed that amazing guy's last few years. Oh wait ... contracts up ... this house is a mess ... I'm off to play with Bronny. BYE!

Get ready! It's a house of cards in a tornado.

Again, that's all well and good but most teams are so desperate to win just one championship that they'd easily make that bargain with LeBron. These teams are going in with full awareness of what they're signing up for; no one's running a scam and pulling a fast one on them. I find this hyperbolic reaction over LeBron being a mercenary and leaving teams with bad assets to be amusing because it's as you all think these teams aren't getting exactly what they signed up for. I'm supposed be shocked that LeBron might not play in LA for the rest of his career?

Yinwest · Post #116 » by **Yinwest** » Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:09 am

NyKnicks1714 wrote:
Jazz9 wrote:He's an ex-superstar on a superstar contract who fell off a cliff but who's trying to convince himself that he's still that guy.
He'll go back to being a superstar and show everyone how wrong they were!
Obviously he's in denial and that will never happen but good luck making him face reality...

He also acts like the critics don't faze him.
He's also in denial about that, they affect him and very much so.
He's never been a good (or even average) shooter but he has the absolute worst misses of anyone in the league.
His confidence is shot, he's second guessing everything.

In short, an absolute nightmare to have on your team.

If you take the top 10 teams, I wonder how many would take Westbrook on a vet min contract.

How about a 10 day contract.

Young Stapler · Post #117 » by **Young Stapler** » Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:11 am

JRoy wrote:
The Laker Kid wrote:His career might be finished after this stint. If you somehow made AD+Lebron team worse after joining, then you are totally the problem.

In the meantime, it's Fiesta at the GB while the Lakers crash and burn!

Nothing sweeter than Laker tears

RoyceDa59 · Post #118 » by **RoyceDa59** » Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:34 am

Who’s the dumbass basketball mind that thought this was a good idea? Embarrassing trade.

RoyceDa59 · Post #119 » by **RoyceDa59** » Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:37 am

This interview perfectly illustrates the problem with Westbrook. Like PERFECTLY. I am so glad he delivered this interview so that we don’t have to try to define it.

AussieCeltic · Post #120 » by **AussieCeltic** » Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:48 am

Lakers actually went on a run with Lebron on the bench but no one will talk about that. He was a team high -25 plus/minus. Lebron is putting 0 effort on the defensive end this season so you couple that with Westbrooks poor D, lack of rim protection and the Lakers are essentially a layup line.