The Missing Link wrote:
City of Fools wrote:
The Missing Link wrote:
City of Fools wrote:
Caller Bob wrote:
Westbrick to the Jazz in a 3 team deal.
addition by subtraction. the West is wide open. Lakers make the playoffs by default now and may even get out of the play in tourney.
That' is if Lebron sticks around. Watch that dude force a trade or shut it down after the KD and Kyrie aqusitions.
You keep screaming this but as I told you awhile ago no one is fearing the Lakers these days. They just aren't that good and Westbrook wasn't nearly the problem he was made out to be. Just more collateral damage of having had to play with the egomaniac that is Lebron James. When a team wins he gets all the credit and when a team loses the other guys get all of the blame. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
Westbrook is a terrible player. His stats look great but if you've watched his games this season (and I've watched nearly every one) he just kills that team when he's on the floor. Always left open, good for 2-3 backbreaking T/O's per game, can't make layups, bad three point shooter but has no conscience, I can keep going on.
https://fb.watch/iBeYxrhR12/They aren't (and weren't) a good team when Westbrook wasn't playing either. When LeBron wins its due to his his (and only his) individual greatness. When he loses its everyone else's fault. From coaches to Gms to players.
I am no Lebron apologist. He lacks a killer instinct and is passive so many times when he could be active. He sits a ton for a team that is yet again verging on not making the playoffs (although they almost certainly will now because the Jazz are done and the Blazers aren't that good) and he complains to officials non-stop. Every last possesion.
But he's a great player. If you watch him enough, he shoots well from 3 late in his career (didn't start off well this year but has gotten more consistant) and when he wants to score, he'll score or get fouled. It's his fault they picked up Westbrook, who was a joke last year and this year was a smitch better. But the Lakers should make the playoffs and they've finally surrounded him with enough 3-D guys and a backup big for when AD inevitably goes down. They could make some noise. I hate they guy and what he stands for but I have an appreciation for just how talented he is.