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Originally Posted by Nirvana58
Westbrook and Durant together took the Warriors to 7 games and should of won last year to go to the Finals. Durant got in plenty of touches when he played with Westbrook. What does everybody expect Westbrook to do? Seriously look at the Thunders roster and take him off. How does that team even win a game?
Westbrook can play with other superstars and did his entire career. He wasn't even the first option on his team until this year. Which he then goes on to averaging a triple double for the entire NBA season. That is just insane. Hypothetical, switch Westbrook and Harden and I bet the Thunder don't even make the playoffs.
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everything you said is a complete hypothetical of course but that was my argument of why I would take Harden over Westbrook.
Of course Westbrook can play with other superstars, that wasn't the debate.
The question is which superstar can elevate the average to good talent around them. Harden is so efficient that guys like Eric Gordon and Clint Capela look like actual NBA players. And if flipped, Westbrook on Houston and Harden on the Thunder, I actually think the Thunder would be better.
Obviously the pieces are worse but Harden paired with Roberson and McBuckets would find a way to make it work. Kanter wouldnt play a minute and you would need a stretch 4 but that's besides the point.
Westbrook on the Rockets I don't think Lou and Gordon and dem boys get the same amount of shots up like they do with Harden, and thus the team would probably lose more games.