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Russell Westbrook Hand Injury

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Rocketsmanhk, Oct 18, 2019.

  1. justtxyank

    justtxyank Contributing Member

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    Terrible comparison. Kidd played great defense, didn’t turn the ball over like westbrook, taught himself to be a good set shooter, etc. westbrook is nowhere near the player kidd was
     
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    Wait what? Peak Westbrook is way better than peak Kidd, not the other way around. Peak Westbrook is easily top 10 in the league. Also I'm not comparing their games to eachother, obviously they play much different. Kidd is just another example of someone who is even more inefficient scoring than Westbrook but can impact the game positively.
     
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    It is what it is. He's already on the team and isn't going anywhere. So that leaves you with two options: 1) Get on board 2) Find something else to watch.
     
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    Are you going on record that from now on you will get on board with everything about the rockets or stay off the site?
     
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    I’m not sure what peak westbrook even is but 100% no question id rather have kidd than westbrook
     
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  6. amaru

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    Not at all. But if a pretty permanent position/decision bothers me. as much as this one it appears to bother you, I'd find something more productive to do with my limited free time.
     
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    Peak Westbrook is anything before the last two years. Any objective statistic, advanced or otherwise, puts Westbrook far above kidd. The last two years have been a sharp decline.

    this is besides the point anyways. Players impact the game beyond just scoring efficiency, agree or not? Kidd is clearly an example. So is Westbrook. How is this even a debate, it’s common sense. Who is better isn’t relevant. (Westbrook obviously is)
     
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    Westbrook has not contributed to winning basketball for at least a few years. That is obvious to anybody who watched him.
     
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    The last two years has been a sharp decline from his prior form like I said(especially last year). But to imply that the team would have been better without him is flat out untrue. In certain games that can be said for anyone, and he had a bad playoff series. But over the course of an entire season he was still their second best player by far and a net positive, despite having perhaps the worst year of his career out side of rookie years.

    Morey should be fired on the spot if he decided to give away multiple first round picks for the privilege of paying a net negative $40m a year.

    That contract was given to him by Presti. Two of the best gms in the entire league. One decided he was worth that much and the other traded for it.
     
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