Russell Westbrook SPICY post game interview

TheGOATRises007 · Post #21 » by **TheGOATRises007** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 9:26 am

He needs to humble himself a bit.

HeartBreakKid · Post #22 » by **HeartBreakKid** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 10:36 am

MindState wrote:
Sam Hinkie wrote:Their roster isn't optimized, but that's mostly because Russ and Lebron are horrible fits. Russ needs the ball in his hands to be even close to a positive player. And by doing that you're taking the ball out of the hands of the best decision maker in NBA history. Russ is one of the worst off ball players in the league. I couldn't imagine a worse player to pair with Lebron than Russ.

Yep. Its a bad fit, not because Russ is a bad player, but because he and LeBron play the same position and same play style, you cant really play them together.

He's bad when James isn't playing though

Post #23 » by **Slava** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 10:48 am

This dude wants to cash yesterday's checks to pay for today's meal.

GrandTheftRondo · Post #24 » by **GrandTheftRondo** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 12:36 pm

This guy is washed and delusional

JN61 · Post #25 » by **JN61** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 12:41 pm

Upperclass wrote:They literally play night and day whenever he's not in the game.. It's incredible to watch

He erased the lead by 10 points at the end of 3 with the bench unit and Davis further on with the bench on the 4th. James subs back in and lead soon balloons with lebrons poor defensive efforts. Nice spin by you though.

JN61 · Post #26 » by **JN61** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 12:45 pm

BallerTalk wrote:This dude LITERALLY said "I've earned the right to close games cause...NUMBERS"

You can't make this stuff up!

No he didn't.

JN61 · Post #27 » by **JN61** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 12:48 pm

art_tatum wrote:Kd took Westbrook to the finals
Harden and Westbrook were a playoff team
Westbrook took okc and wash with Beal to the playoffs.

I hope they just sit Westbrook. Hate that only he is the scapegoat
The lakers will struggle even when he doesn’t play.
Lebron and AD have declined

Exactly. Westbrook sits out and the blame is still on him when they lose and James being passive aggressive and not playing any defense all night long, yet the loss is every time on Westbrook.

Jazz9 · Post #28 » by **Jazz9** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 12:52 pm

JN61 wrote:
Upperclass wrote:They literally play night and day whenever he's not in the game.. It's incredible to watch

He erased the lead by 10 points at the end of 3 with the bench unit and Davis further on with the bench on the 4th. James subs back in and lead soon balloons with lebrons poor defensive efforts. Nice spin by you though.

WB is far worse on defense than LeBron though
LeBron can actually be decent when he wants to, Russ is just clueless 100% of the time

Archx · Post #29 » by **Archx** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 12:56 pm

With all those arrogant post game interviews in the past, media is having a field day with him now. He's not helping himself either with constantly having dumb answers.

JN61 · Post #30 » by **JN61** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 12:57 pm

Jazz9 wrote:
JN61 wrote:
Upperclass wrote:They literally play night and day whenever he's not in the game.. It's incredible to watch

He erased the lead by 10 points at the end of 3 with the bench unit and Davis further on with the bench on the 4th. James subs back in and lead soon balloons with lebrons poor defensive efforts. Nice spin by you though.

WB is far worse on defense than LeBron though
LeBron can actually be decent when he wants to, Russ is just clueless 100% of the time

Would/could. Doesn't matter. He didn't and doesn't. He left his man wide open on 3 like 5-6 times and they made like 4 of those shots. He also was bullied by Giannis several times on switches and transition.

BallerTalk · Post #31 » by **BallerTalk** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 1:13 pm

JN61 wrote:
BallerTalk wrote:This dude LITERALLY said "I've earned the right to close games cause...NUMBERS"

You can't make this stuff up!

No he didn't.

Dude...

"I shouldn’t have to hit any benchmarks, to be honest. I put a lot of work in. I got a lot of respect in this game. I earned the right to be in closing lineups. Numbers would say, I don't have to explain that."

I know you ride hard for your boy Russ but come on. It is what it is :lol:

He's basically become a parody of himself.

Childs · Post #32 » by **Childs** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 1:27 pm

I know Barry Tramel is thoroughly enjoying this.

BeatDaCavs420 · Post #33 » by **BeatDaCavs420** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 1:32 pm

kobe tier wrote:When asked if he knows the benchmarks he has to hit to make the Lakers’ closing lineup, Russell Westbrook said:

“I shouldn’t have to hit any benchmarks, to be honest. I put a lot of work in. I got a lot of respect in this game. … I earned the right to be in closing lineups.”

Read on Twitter

This is amazing lmfaooooooo

bbalnation · Post #34 » by **bbalnation** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 1:45 pm

kobe tier wrote:When asked if he knows the benchmarks he has to hit to make the Lakers’ closing lineup, Russell Westbrook said:

“I shouldn’t have to hit any benchmarks, to be honest. I put a lot of work in. I got a lot of respect in this game. … I earned the right to be in closing lineups.”

Read on Twitter

Watch on YouTube

Before giving that quote, to answer the question directly, Russ first said "I dont got that answer for you, I wish I did".

That changes that answer to me a bit. Not that much, since he still said what he said, but it adds some context around the frustration as well.

Media be spinning everywhere. Yeesh.

Peregrine01 · Post #35 » by **Peregrine01** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 1:51 pm

I feel a lil bad for Russ. To go from revered and walking triple-double to the butt of all jokes in the NBA has to be hard on the ego and players like Russ have MASSIVE egos.

Joshyjess · Post #36 » by **Joshyjess** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 1:56 pm

I know fans have zero imput on what a team does, but this past off-season, about 95% of all NBA fans warned the Lakers what would happen if they got WB, AND about 90% of all NBA fans warned Brooklyn what would happen with Krie on the team. So far...
Fans - 2
GM's - 0

mademan · Post #37 » by **mademan** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 2:00 pm

JN61 wrote:
Jazz9 wrote:
JN61 wrote:He erased the lead by 10 points at the end of 3 with the bench unit and Davis further on with the bench on the 4th. James subs back in and lead soon balloons with lebrons poor defensive efforts. Nice spin by you though.

WB is far worse on defense than LeBron though
LeBron can actually be decent when he wants to, Russ is just clueless 100% of the time

Would/could. Doesn't matter. He didn't and doesn't. He left his man wide open on 3 like 5-6 times and they made like 4 of those shots. He also was bullied by Giannis several times on switches and transition.

WB's bad play has taken away from some of the poor play from lebron (defense) and AD (overall consistency), but lol, there is just no defense of Westbrook. He has been legitimately bad as opposed to Lebron being bad by Lebron standards.

monopoman · Post #38 » by **monopoman** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 2:01 pm

WB seems like the type of player that based on stats, and his ridiculous salary still thinks he is a top 10 player in this league.

It's pretty obvious he is living in a **** dreamland.

king_james_vers · Post #39 » by **king_james_vers** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 2:06 pm

monopoman wrote:WB seems like the type of player that based on stats, and his ridiculous salary still thinks he is a top 10 player in this league.

It's pretty obvious he is living in a **** dreamland.

He's like a baseball player that never walks. He's got a .315 OBP but then says to the media, "change my plate approach? Are you kidding? *Laughs* I'm hitting .295... I'm almost above .300, what do you want me to do?" Just a total dinosaur mentality with no understanding of modern interpretation of the game.

KHRICH · Post #40 » by **KHRICH** » Wed Feb 9, 2022 2:19 pm

pr0wler wrote:Didn't the Lakers make a furious comeback in the 4th quarter w/ Russ on the bench? Am I missing something?

Wasnt just russ on the bench it was bench playing against bucks that had the game already won