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Originally Posted by dirk digler
He should have been fired after he traded Harden and breaking up a potential dynasty because they didn't want to pay the luxury tax. That could have been one of the greatest teams ever.
In regards to Westbrook though, he is getting alot of heat for camping out in the lane to get a rebound and leaving Beverly open. As I said earlier now I see why Durant left, some of it was probably because for one reason or another none of their players want to get their own shot but I imagine some of it was Russ's unwillingness to play team basketball.
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Westbrook is 110% of their offense. He literally can't come out of the game. Seriously what do you expect the guy to do. He ran out of gas in the 4th quarter. Anybody watching the game should be able to see that. He usually gets a rest between the 3rd and 4th quarter. He was dominating and had his team up by 12. In 2 minutes without Westbrook the Rockets cut that lead to 3.
He is the MVP and twice the player Harden is. He put up 51 points, 10 Rebounds, and 13 Assists. That has never been done before. Plus all of his assists were creating basically dunks for his teammates. Since his team literally can't hit anything. Plus they play horrible defense. Without Westbrook this is the worst team in the league. The GM and Coach both need to be fired. Your team isn't stopping anybody on the perimeter you might as well go with the hot hand and play McDermott. But you sit him pretty much the entire second half???
I will even say Westbrook is the better player than both Durant and Harden. Durant should be a monster. He has all the skills in the world but plays zero defense. Hell the Warriors team seems to play better without him. Sad thing is that Westbrook was loyal and stayed with the Thunder and he gets this as repayment.