I’ve seen a lot of people comment about his 18/7/7. I really think some people still don’t understand how much the league has REALLY figured out how much efficiency matters over volume. There were definitely past eras where guys who could get you numners, but on poor efficiency, were still super valuable. That simply is not the case today. If you haven’t noticed, whenever almost ANY of these young skilled dudes in the league today get a chance to get minutes and put up shots, they can ALL score in volume and at least decent efficiency. It’s just part of how the game has changed. Low efficiency volume scorers could still exist in the game today if they found other ways to have HUGE impact. Or take Marcus smart for example. He’s been able to become a bit more efficient, but still inefficient overall, but he’s ELITE on defense, he provides very solid secondary playmaking, good leadership, INSANE hustle, and he’s even made sure to try and cut down on the bad shots that hurt his efficiency even worse. That is somerhing Russ could do, but if he doesn’t? Then no, 18/7/7 will NOT be seen as a good season, or even a plus player, if he is the worst 3 poont shooter in the league, gives terrible effort and discipline on D, and turns the ball over 3.5 times or so per game. That just does NOT produce any value in the league today, less than it ever has. Baaskebralk is so complex, but it’s also simple. You need chemistry and intangibles, but simply put: the more points you score per Possession, the better your chance of winning. So you could theoretically have a guy post 34/11/8 but with 9 turnovers and 33 percent FG and that’s a negative impact player
I actually think Westbrook could have a decent season if he comes out and buy into HAM system and just try playing defense. I hope he come in with the mindset of that. With avg. 14 ppg 9reb 9ast he could do it. But then everyone will say “Westbrook needs to show up”
I totally agree with Stephen A. for a change... LBJ & AD knew exactly what Westbrook was as a player - they had just played the Houston Rockets in the playoffs and exposed every fault in his game... So then, WHAT were they thinking and WHY did they think that he would be a good fit alongside them?!?!?!
i’m guessing it’s bc he wanted a play maker who cud take the ball and the other option was buddy hield so you tell me..(and just so yk i 100% think he made a mistake there cs he still ended up doing most of the play making cus russ yk..) mayb if they had found a way to get demar like they should have then this wudnt be an issue and that’s down to management not AD or any other players, if it was then ty lue, caruso demar etc wud be here, i just hope pat bev works at this point
Facts, they wanted playmaking and star power to match Brooklyn with harden, but I did see that Bron wanted Dame first and he said nah. Either way Bron and AD fucked up wanting Russ
AD should be at the 5 with Bron at the 4. The problem with the team isn't Russ. It's people in certain positions as well as the pace of the offense. This year they need to be more up tempo and LeBron needs to be off the ball more regardless of whose playing point. I could be wrong, but Pat Bev was always better as a 2 than a 1. I don't remember him ever being a great playmaker
@@Viper34TTV Facts, although Simmons technically didn't play last year and at this point I don't know what to expect from him going forward.. as in is he starter anymore? What if he's never what he was before.
The problem is defense and a lack of spacing. And LeBron is a better scorer and facilitator than anyone on the team by far so having him offball hurts the offense.
I can't remember the Last time someone That averaged 18 Points, 7 Rebounds, 7 assist, while being a 3rd option on a team that got this much blame and get talked Bad about this much.
Only because he was a mvp and broke the triple double record. Russ holds stature. He was being looked at as a difference maker and he comes to the lakers and has a horrible season..thats the only reason i can think of why hes getting slandered
But he was really a second option with AD not playing as many games. But the point is accountability and he could have been better plus they didn’t make the playoffs. Also a lot of the “hate” is responding to his attitude at times. Like who says the season wasn’t successful because you didn’t avg a triple double? If Lebron said that he would literally never hear the end of it.
And let’s not act like Lebron and Ad haven’t had their share of the blame. Lebron is the best player on the team and of course he gets a lot of blame and being the superstar he is. And people have been bashing AD and calling him street clothes all season. Y’all can cry for Russ all you want but a lot of this he brought onto himself.
HOW will Westbrook be better this year? "He cares too much about competition" *proceeds to make the conversation about LeBron*. This is straight up pathetic analysis...
Nothing he said about Lebron is false. Russ had a lot of bad moments and uncharacteristically missed layups. That won’t happen again. The team being as pathetic as it was played a part in that.
@@b111x this wasn’t a conversation about LeBron. This was about how Westbrook would play better this year and nothing was said other than “he’s a competitor and cares too much about competition” no legitimate analysis AT ALL about how Russ will play better. Zero. Will Russ set more screens? Will he focus more on rebounding? There is 0 basketball discourse here and only narrative pushing. Shameful.
@@andrewfine3570 Is this your first time watching sports tv channels? If so, that explains a LOT about why pushing narratives is new to you😂You want basketball analysis? Don’t watch these.
@@b111x Way to move the goalposts. It is not my first time watching, but they deserved to get called out when they push BS "basketball takes" that only harm the discourse of the sport. Just my two cents 🤷♂
@@andrewfine3570 That’s all of them. literally 99% of viewers watch these BECAUSE they want to hear players or teams or even the sport get called out for different reasons. I’ll give you reasons why Russ will be better because SA was right about him being better. Their team just got much more athletic players and slashers such as Lonnie Walker, Troy Brown Jr, and Juan Anderson. That will allow Russ more players to be able to pass to on cuts and help with fast breaks. Also Thomas Bryant is a solid center and MUCH better than any big LA had last year outside of AD. Russ has more options to facilitate too since he will be one of the primary ball handlers on the team. Also as I mentioned, he had many uncharacteristic missed layups which over his career he has made with a decent level of consistency. Yes he will still be turnover prone and a poor shooter. But that’s who he always has been. Not to mention this will be his second year in LA which was his first time as a #3 option on a team in his career. Everything points to a better Russ.
He didn't play that much worse than the last few seasons before he joined the Lakers. The main issues were: - He had even more Shaqtin moments. - He did not become more effective despite having to do less on offense. - He was terrible fit.
@@leeroyuckface6893 back in the early 2010s I only needed 2 games to hate Westbrooks game. I had no knowledge of basketball back then, but even I was able to tell that he had low basketball IQ.
If A-DNP has another subpar injury plagued season then I would trade him too. All that money to be the franchise guy moving forward and you let a 37 year old carry your fragile a$$
@@rohangupte3545 it’s a lot of players that shoot terrible in the league but his stats where still good 18 7 7 shooting 44 percent is still good and plus Russ never been known as a shooter anyways they blame him but that lakers roster was weak asl
In hindsight, Russ got a raw deal. That doesn’t forgive his abysmal basketball iq and horrible decision making. But the Lakers were the worst built team for him. No shooters other than Melo, a bunch of old guys who don’t run and can’t play defence etc. Like would you bring in Jamal Crawford and be like “I need some hard defence and for you to cut off screens for layups”? His play was poor but let’s not pretend he was handed the keys to a Ferrari instead of a rusty old Porsche.
100% agreement, but i will also add that Westbrook needs 2 be the #1 or # 2 option on wherever he plays,he is not a guy who is use 2 being a 3rd or 4th option. the Lakers got Russell thinking he would be the same guy that won MVP a few years ago, the Lakers failure is not only on Westbrook, the Lakers are just disappointed in what they gave up 4 him, and not getting a good return on their investment
@@_sparrowhawk 19 7 & 7 with a new team that wasn’t healthy why you think lebron has to score so much cus he was the only scorer last year before the injuries
@@dthreezy nah if any other player in the league had those numbers , they would be considered an above average player who is close to being an all star.
SAS and Clowns who think/pretend is legitimately the GM of the Lakers who makes the FINAL call on moves when we all know LeBron wanted Ty Lue as his coach and the Lakers said NOPE! LeBron wanted McGhee and Caruso back and Lakers FO/ownership said NOPE! He wanted Lowry at 2021 trade deadline and they said NOPE! He wanted DeRozan before Westbrook they didn’t make it happen. It’s not the players job EVER to make the final call. Sure run it by your best players, but it’s on you to know yr 14 awful fit Russ made zero sense on this team and getting rid of core outside of LeBron/AD from 2019-20 to 20-21 (both years very good to elite when healthy just not as healthy 20-21) was moronic especially with defensive minded coach in Vogel (give him old players that don’t fit). Blaming LeBron is so corny and it’s only done when it’s negative. No one is like “LeGM must be great GM since 2014-15 as it’s gotten his teams to 5 Finals and 2🏆 and if Kyrie/Love healthy 2015 prob 3🏆(nevermind 2017 if KD doesn’t pull softest band wagon move of all time great in their prime joining well oiled machine who is literally favored without him and went 140-24 nearly winning b2b🏆last 2 yrs without him) and they shouldn’t bc he’s not the GM who makes the final call PERIOD! If he was why isn’t Ty Lue Lakers coach and why isn’t Caruso/McGhee back or why didn’t they get Lowry/Wall and DeRozan before Westbrook?!?!
Why Stephen A Smith is so negative about Russell Westbrook ..sometime he forgets the whole world is watching , when you cast a dark cloud over someone . Whether it's true or not , you create an atmosphere that everybody sees that person in that light . and it's so sad .
I agree what Perkins said Pat Bev & Russ can Dominate coming off the Bench & No they dont need to trade Russell Westbrook i believe he has a statement to prove & show everyone. i think is going to look better than last season
I’d like to believe he’ll be better but let’s see- fans and media calling him Westbrick every day, Lakers rumored to wanna trade him for kyrie , now forced to play with an enemy (Pat Bev), that may throw his game off. He’s human. I hope he does better but we can’t assume he’ll be able to focus properly with these things still going on
Westbrook needs to do two of the following: avg 3 turnovers or less, shooting >33% from three, play above average defense for the Lakers to even make the playoffs. For the Lakers to be contenders, Russ would need to do all three!!
Y'all must not really know basketball. First off, he's left open because he can't shoot hence his low fg% especially from 3 so he gets a few buckets there. Conversely, if he's left open guess where the man is who is supposed to be guarding Westbrook... doubling LeBron or AD. Let's not even talk about his poor FT shooting, turnovers, and awful defense. There are PLENTY of NBA players who if you give them the opportunities Westbrook has had would put up those kinda numbers but they understand that it's a TEAM sport so it's best for the TEAM that I play TEAM ball.
I mean.... we didn't think the Lakers would go from 1st round exit and being in the play in tournament to not even being able to make the play in tournament much less the playoffs but here we are.
SAS needs to just stop it. He hates Lebron forreal and gives KD a pass for everything. This is a stupid take. Lebron has nothing to do with the mess with Russ
No matter what Russ does he is getting the blame for Lakers losing but if I'm Russ there is no way that I'm letting Pat get up in my face and talk crazy to me. Let's see if Pat says anything to LeGoat for not playing a lick of d
May I ask you why? If someone on your team isn’t doing everything they can to win and doing things to cause your team to lose, you wouldn’t say anything? I’m assuming you’re saying because he’s not an all star or hall of famer he should just be quiet and let the Lakers keep losing?
Shouldn’t matter who says anything to who the goal is to win and if he’s getting onto someone because he wants to win then their shouldn’t be a problem with that
I’ll name 15 Superstar! In a row 1. Bron 2 KD 3 Curry 4 Giannis 5 Nikola 6 Luka 7 Joel embid 8 Kawhi 9 Dame 10 Harden 11 AD 12 JA 13 JT 14 Book 15 Jimmy Buttl
It's 25-30 years later and Kendrick Perkins is finally getting the education he skipped out on. Ozen HS did him no favors. It's never to late in life Kendrick! Ozen CC still has openings before classes start next week!
Salute Stephen A Smith for calling out the Fake Twitter comment from LeBron lol King James my favorite player but I wasn’t expecting anybody to call him out on that. Like cmon bro we want westbrick gone
If Russell Westbrook LeBron James and Anthony Davis is on the basketball court for 65 games or more this season I'll say they'll be a playoff team but if they're not on the court together that many games then they won't make the playoffs and they might be a play in team that's my opinion and I'm sticking to it 🤔💡💯🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀
@@timeoutproductions5113 you have to trust your point guard with the basketball and labron James doesn't trust Russell Westbrook with the basketball because he can't knock down the open jump shot 🤔💡💯 LeBron James trusted Dennis schroder more than he trust Russell Westbrook with the basketball the Lakers should have got John Wall in the issue would have been out of the way but still they just don't have the inventory to trade off so they'll have to deal with the problem until Russell Westbrook contract bronze on they'll be a playoff team this season but they won't win any championships that's my opinion and I'm sticking to it 🤔💡👍💯👍
@@antoniotucker4708 Yeah that's why Westbrook and Lebron don't fit together at all, Westbrook's skills don't match but they are made even worse by Lebron playing the point guard position. Westbrook is not an off-ball player at all
@@timeoutproductions5113 or if Westbrook comes off the bench. If they actually keep Westbrook (which I’m praying they don’t) him coming off the bench is the only thing that makes sense.
I actually find it disgusting to hear these 2 guys pretend they have a relationship or even “love” some of these players when in actuality they would and have already sold out their so called friendships just to get numbers up for the show. No integrity.
I think Pat & Russ could actually be good for each other. Bev is always been of them dude uHate as a competitor but love as a teammate. It’s just competition.
I’ve seen a lot of people comment about his 18/7/7. I really think some people still don’t understand how much the league has REALLY figured out how much efficiency matters over volume. There were definitely past eras where guys who could get you numners, but on poor efficiency, were still super valuable. That simply is not the case today. If you haven’t noticed, whenever almost ANY of these young skilled dudes in the league today get a chance to get minutes and put up shots, they can ALL score in volume and at least decent efficiency. It’s just part of how the game has changed. Low efficiency volume scorers could still exist in the game today if they found other ways to have HUGE impact. Or take Marcus smart for example. He’s been able to become a bit more efficient, but still inefficient overall, but he’s ELITE on defense, he provides very solid secondary playmaking, good leadership, INSANE hustle, and he’s even made sure to try and cut down on the bad shots that hurt his efficiency even worse. That is somerhing Russ could do, but if he doesn’t? Then no, 18/7/7 will NOT be seen as a good season, or even a plus player, if he is the worst 3 poont shooter in the league, gives terrible effort and discipline on D, and turns the ball over 3.5 times or so per game. That just does NOT produce any value in the league today, less than it ever has. Baaskebralk is so complex, but it’s also simple. You need chemistry and intangibles, but simply put: the more points you score per Possession, the better your chance of winning. So you could theoretically have a guy post 34/11/8 but with 9 turnovers and 33 percent FG and that’s a negative impact player
@juwan harris 😂😂😂
I hope he makes a comeback, great player as a okc fan
You’re delusional lil bro lol
Triple double.. zero rings... Everyone abandoned him! (They're is a reason!) 🧠🧠🧠
comeback from where? that's who he has always been
let's hope he exercises self-criticism for once
I actually think Westbrook could have a decent season if he comes out and buy into HAM system and just try playing defense. I hope he come in with the mindset of that. With avg. 14 ppg 9reb 9ast he could do it. But then everyone will say “Westbrook needs to show up”
Cant shoot so terrible off ball. If lebron is on team hes going to suck.
Patrick Beverley and Russel together on the court does not work at all and the western conference is stacked this year so we will see
@@jonathanoscategui2678 lmfao! I forgot they got him; they trying to run Russ off
Easier said than done
same man
I totally agree with Stephen A. for a change... LBJ & AD knew exactly what Westbrook was as a player - they had just played the Houston Rockets in the playoffs and exposed every fault in his game... So then, WHAT were they thinking and WHY did they think that he would be a good fit alongside them?!?!?!
i’m guessing it’s bc he wanted a play maker who cud take the ball and the other option was buddy hield so you tell me..(and just so yk i 100% think he made a mistake there cs he still ended up doing most of the play making cus russ yk..) mayb if they had found a way to get demar like they should have then this wudnt be an issue and that’s down to management not AD or any other players, if it was then ty lue, caruso demar etc wud be here, i just hope pat bev works at this point
Noone knew how bad westbrook would be, it was his worst season by far...
Facts, they wanted playmaking and star power to match Brooklyn with harden, but I did see that Bron wanted Dame first and he said nah. Either way Bron and AD fucked up wanting Russ
@@mayoak11 it’s funny on the Russ hate because he was bad.. But he came in and bought into the system last year..
Keep that same energy
"He wit us" is the ultimate sign of disrespect as a hooper 😂😂
🤣
wym?
With*
😂😂😂😂
@@brandonw6139 They don't pronounce the h when they say it bruh lol
Stephen A forcing Perk to acknowledge his love for Westbrook. Perk just had to give in eventually, lmfao…….🤣
LoL yea how he gonna keep speaking on another man's love. Stephen A asking perk questions then answering them for him lmao
I always wondered if they’re really as close as Stephen A be trying to convey. He always talking about how he loves KD and Russ 😂
Don’t underestimate him
Who? WESTBRICK!?
Who are you talking about ?
I’ll take that gamble
*OVERestimate him
Westbrook was a beast in playoffs when he was a second option
AD should be at the 5 with Bron at the 4. The problem with the team isn't Russ. It's people in certain positions as well as the pace of the offense. This year they need to be more up tempo and LeBron needs to be off the ball more regardless of whose playing point.
I could be wrong, but Pat Bev was always better as a 2 than a 1. I don't remember him ever being a great playmaker
So you think they have a chance to go deep in the playoffs if they implement what your saying ? Cause the west is stack af rn
Russ is the only starting PG in the league that you can disrespect his jumper. There’s no way around that.
@@OfficialJPryde Ben Simmons haha
@@Viper34TTV Facts, although Simmons technically didn't play last year and at this point I don't know what to expect from him going forward.. as in is he starter anymore? What if he's never what he was before.
The problem is defense and a lack of spacing. And LeBron is a better scorer and facilitator than anyone on the team by far so having him offball hurts the offense.
I hope he plays better not a laker fan but Westbrook do and be positive
I can't remember the Last time someone That averaged 18 Points, 7 Rebounds, 7 assist, while being a 3rd option on a team that got this much blame and get talked Bad about this much.
Facts😂💯
Only because he was a mvp and broke the triple double record. Russ holds stature. He was being looked at as a difference maker and he comes to the lakers and has a horrible season..thats the only reason i can think of why hes getting slandered
But he was really a second option with AD not playing as many games. But the point is accountability and he could have been better plus they didn’t make the playoffs. Also a lot of the “hate” is responding to his attitude at times. Like who says the season wasn’t successful because you didn’t avg a triple double? If Lebron said that he would literally never hear the end of it.
Somebody gots to take da blame
And let’s not act like Lebron and Ad haven’t had their share of the blame. Lebron is the best player on the team and of course he gets a lot of blame and being the superstar he is. And people have been bashing AD and calling him street clothes all season. Y’all can cry for Russ all you want but a lot of this he brought onto himself.
"give ME THE BALL AND GET OUT OF MY WAY.....!!!!"
Talk to em Stephen A. 💪🏾🤝🏿💯
HOW will Westbrook be better this year? "He cares too much about competition" *proceeds to make the conversation about LeBron*. This is straight up pathetic analysis...
Nothing he said about Lebron is false. Russ had a lot of bad moments and uncharacteristically missed layups. That won’t happen again. The team being as pathetic as it was played a part in that.
@@b111x this wasn’t a conversation about LeBron. This was about how Westbrook would play better this year and nothing was said other than “he’s a competitor and cares too much about competition” no legitimate analysis AT ALL about how Russ will play better. Zero. Will Russ set more screens? Will he focus more on rebounding? There is 0 basketball discourse here and only narrative pushing. Shameful.
@@andrewfine3570 Is this your first time watching sports tv channels? If so, that explains a LOT about why pushing narratives is new to you😂You want basketball analysis? Don’t watch these.
@@b111x Way to move the goalposts. It is not my first time watching, but they deserved to get called out when they push BS "basketball takes" that only harm the discourse of the sport. Just my two cents 🤷♂
@@andrewfine3570 That’s all of them. literally 99% of viewers watch these BECAUSE they want to hear players or teams or even the sport get called out for different reasons. I’ll give you reasons why Russ will be better because SA was right about him being better. Their team just got much more athletic players and slashers such as Lonnie Walker, Troy Brown Jr, and Juan Anderson. That will allow Russ more players to be able to pass to on cuts and help with fast breaks. Also Thomas Bryant is a solid center and MUCH better than any big LA had last year outside of AD. Russ has more options to facilitate too since he will be one of the primary ball handlers on the team. Also as I mentioned, he had many uncharacteristic missed layups which over his career he has made with a decent level of consistency. Yes he will still be turnover prone and a poor shooter. But that’s who he always has been. Not to mention this will be his second year in LA which was his first time as a #3 option on a team in his career. Everything points to a better Russ.
I'm glad someone besides me realizes that Russ cant shoot..even if it is SAS.
“He’s too competitive” guess you already forgot last season. Bye Russ.
One of Stephen A’s best takes
I feel Russ will play good this coming up season he has something to prove
That's not enough...he played his entire career like that, his problem is his stubbornness and ball IQ
He didn't play that much worse than the last few seasons before he joined the Lakers. The main issues were:
- He had even more Shaqtin moments.
- He did not become more effective despite having to do less on offense.
- He was terrible fit.
@@leeroyuckface6893 back in the early 2010s I only needed 2 games to hate Westbrooks game. I had no knowledge of basketball back then, but even I was able to tell that he had low basketball IQ.
He might be determined to play better, but that doesn’t mean it’ll pan out
@DrDoge more like making 1,000 a day..
Espn is the only sports outlet that has talked about the lebron lakers during and after the season all year long.🤦🏻♂️
The hate for lebron is insane crazy how he don't keep that same energy with KD 😂
Kd catch the heat often, majority of the time it's from the media with there negativity about kd...
Pat Bev about cause lots of problems with his antics
If A-DNP has another subpar injury plagued season then I would trade him too.
All that money to be the franchise guy moving forward and you let a 37 year old carry your fragile a$$
Thats a tough nickname 🔥
😂😂😂😂
A-DNP 💀💀
Bruh all things considered 18, 7 and 7 is NOT that bad💯
That’s good bro😂💯
@@robellefox1636 My Point Exactly
He shot blow league average from the field and 3
@@rohangupte3545 it’s a lot of players that shoot terrible in the league but his stats where still good 18 7 7 shooting 44 percent is still good and plus Russ never been known as a shooter anyways they blame him but that lakers roster was weak asl
I agree with Stephen A on this take!
Never say never. Westbrook always disappoints.
In hindsight, Russ got a raw deal. That doesn’t forgive his abysmal basketball iq and horrible decision making. But the Lakers were the worst built team for him. No shooters other than Melo, a bunch of old guys who don’t run and can’t play defence etc.
Like would you bring in Jamal Crawford and be like “I need some hard defence and for you to cut off screens for layups”?
His play was poor but let’s not pretend he was handed the keys to a Ferrari instead of a rusty old Porsche.
Real talk indeed!
I hate how they act like he’s the worst thing in the world, the whole team was terrible simple that
You will never win a championship with russ and melo on the same team at any point in their career
@@shipitplease99999 facts, can’t win with me first guys
100% agreement, but i will also add that Westbrook needs 2 be the #1 or # 2 option on wherever he plays,he is not a guy who is use 2 being a 3rd or 4th option. the Lakers got Russell thinking he would be the same guy that won MVP a few years ago, the Lakers failure is not only on Westbrook, the Lakers are just disappointed in what they gave up 4 him, and not getting a good return on their investment
that’s why i say he never should have left washington
DON'T SAY THAT!
People forget Russ played without a healthy Lakers roster AD wasn’t fully healthy he will bounce back play differently after building that chemistry
What does that have to do with him jacking up one of the most bricks and most turnovers he's ever had?
Yeah , sure
Yeah Russ had a huge opportunity to contribute and he failed.
@@_sparrowhawk 19 7 & 7 with a new team that wasn’t healthy why you think lebron has to score so much cus he was the only scorer last year before the injuries
Still trying to wrap my head around how 18 7 and 7 is a bad season when you aren't the primary ball handler...
Clearly you didn't ACTUALLY watch the guy play then lol
I was thinking the same thing … Think it’s the turnovers that hurt him the most .
Contrary to popular belief, numbers do lie
@@dthreezy nah if any other player in the league had those numbers , they would be considered an above average player who is close to being an all star.
Their is a such thing as the eye test you idiot
I'm here now for all the Russ and Pat Bev drama, that is going to be a show.
Primetime.
Russ has to make a comeback this upcoming season.
We just need a solid shooter to make plays for
Pat Bev:I wouldn’t be hesitant to join Lebron in LA on May 16th,2022
August 25th:He got traded to Los Angeles Lakers from Utah Jazz💜💛🤍
He'll be just fine. Gonna get what we were expecting last year.
He's going to suddenly be just fine in year 15?
@@XXX-vv7ld yep
@@jonalvy9126 haha 👍
He will be a little better but his shooting is sus
Put Kendrick Perkins on the screen
Perk: 🥴
Usually I Get On Stephen A For How He Attacks LeBron But This Time It Is Justified
The goat Stephen a back with a tan💀
Exactly. R. West is officially a 6th man; a rogue agent(player).
All you gotta do is go back and watch the game vs the raptors he needs to improve defensively it’ll make the offense flow better
Westbrook for turner and buddy !!! Pat buddy bron ad and turner , that’s a solid starting 5 !!
SAS and Clowns who think/pretend is legitimately the GM of the Lakers who makes the FINAL call on moves when we all know LeBron wanted Ty Lue as his coach and the Lakers said NOPE! LeBron wanted McGhee and Caruso back and Lakers FO/ownership said NOPE! He wanted Lowry at 2021 trade deadline and they said NOPE! He wanted DeRozan before Westbrook they didn’t make it happen. It’s not the players job EVER to make the final call. Sure run it by your best players, but it’s on you to know yr 14 awful fit Russ made zero sense on this team and getting rid of core outside of LeBron/AD from 2019-20 to 20-21 (both years very good to elite when healthy just not as healthy 20-21) was moronic especially with defensive minded coach in Vogel (give him old players that don’t fit).
Blaming LeBron is so corny and it’s only done when it’s negative. No one is like “LeGM must be great GM since 2014-15 as it’s gotten his teams to 5 Finals and 2🏆 and if Kyrie/Love healthy 2015 prob 3🏆(nevermind 2017 if KD doesn’t pull softest band wagon move of all time great in their prime joining well oiled machine who is literally favored without him and went 140-24 nearly winning b2b🏆last 2 yrs without him) and they shouldn’t bc he’s not the GM who makes the final call PERIOD!
If he was why isn’t Ty Lue Lakers coach and why isn’t Caruso/McGhee back or why didn’t they get Lowry/Wall and DeRozan before Westbrook?!?!
Westbrook lost a step and doesn't realize he's not in his prime. SAS is delusional
KP won the debate. Russ has no choice to take a lesser role and play elite defense if not he won’t be in the league again
He don't have a choice. That was perfectly stated!!!
That face kp had 🐡 😂😂
Looks like LeGM has a tough decision to make
Why Stephen A Smith is so negative about Russell Westbrook ..sometime he forgets the whole world is watching , when you cast a dark cloud over someone . Whether it's true or not , you create an atmosphere that everybody sees that person in that light . and it's so sad .
He's saying how he feels and let's face it most of it's the truth. Russ you do have a future modeling dresses
Pat Beverly and Russell Westbrook gone be the toughest backcourt to play against. Come back to this later
I AGREE WITH STEPHEN A
RUSSELL WESTBROOK WILL HAVE A SPECTACULAR SEASON
I bet u wouldn't bet ur house on that... Look he's older he's never been a consistent shooter
Russell westbrook needs the ball in his hands as well
That rest was good for SAS, he's back to backing the real n
WESTBROOK - "no j, man, no j"
I'm just it was brough up when Los Angeles Lakers were making its decision on Patrick Beverly.
I agree what Perkins said Pat Bev & Russ can Dominate coming off the Bench & No they dont need to trade Russell Westbrook i believe he has a statement to prove & show everyone. i think is going to look better than last season
I’d like to believe he’ll be better but let’s see- fans and media calling him Westbrick every day, Lakers rumored to wanna trade him for kyrie , now forced to play with an enemy (Pat Bev), that may throw his game off. He’s human. I hope he does better but we can’t assume he’ll be able to focus properly with these things still going on
Lol Steven A had the camera focus on Perk and everything only for perk to disagree with his take 😂😂😂
It's not possible for him to be worse than he was last year
Westbrook needs to do two of the following: avg 3 turnovers or less, shooting >33% from three, play above average defense for the Lakers to even make the playoffs. For the Lakers to be contenders, Russ would need to do all three!!
He also needs to stop the 1on1 ball he likes to play.
He also needs to actually finish at the rim
@@Recurses LBJ is too ball dominant and AD will be in the post. So I don’t think Westbrick needs to dribble drive much at all.
@@rachelkessinger2295 but he did drive a lot to score and failed a lot to
I’m trying to figure out how 18 -7-7 is bad for a player going into year 15
That’s what I’m saying and folks talking like he trash/washed up smh
Y'all must not really know basketball. First off, he's left open because he can't shoot hence his low fg% especially from 3 so he gets a few buckets there. Conversely, if he's left open guess where the man is who is supposed to be guarding Westbrook... doubling LeBron or AD. Let's not even talk about his poor FT shooting, turnovers, and awful defense. There are PLENTY of NBA players who if you give them the opportunities Westbrook has had would put up those kinda numbers but they understand that it's a TEAM sport so it's best for the TEAM that I play TEAM ball.
@@teelee4097 Thank you. Too many casuals look at one set of numbers without context.
@@teelee4097 thank you for explaining to these Lil kids thanks 😊
You know when you so wrong that you have more comments then likes lol logoff
Yes trade Russell Westbrook for kyrie Irving
I mean.... we didn't think the Lakers would go from 1st round exit and being in the play in tournament to not even being able to make the play in tournament much less the playoffs but here we are.
I'm not trading russ
Somehow Stephen A found a way to blame Lebron for Westbrook being trash. The agenda is crazy
SAS needs to just stop it. He hates Lebron forreal and gives KD a pass for everything. This is a stupid take. Lebron has nothing to do with the mess with Russ
0:55 Care too much about his ego, sure. About the competition? This is the guy who says he's ok with not winning a championship
So Sad for RW could loose his Job, I know o lost mine 3 weeks ago and is not easy leaving off unemployment. My prays for his family.
You realize he's making 47.1 million this year alone right? 🤦🏾♂️
Is sarcasm friend.
No matter what Russ does he is getting the blame for Lakers losing but if I'm Russ there is no way that I'm letting Pat get up in my face and talk crazy to me. Let's see if Pat says anything to LeGoat for not playing a lick of d
May I ask you why? If someone on your team isn’t doing everything they can to win and doing things to cause your team to lose, you wouldn’t say anything? I’m assuming you’re saying because he’s not an all star or hall of famer he should just be quiet and let the Lakers keep losing?
Shouldn’t matter who says anything to who the goal is to win and if he’s getting onto someone because he wants to win then their shouldn’t be a problem with that
I’ll name 15 Superstar! In a row
1. Bron
2 KD
3 Curry
4 Giannis
5 Nikola
6 Luka
7 Joel embid
8 Kawhi
9 Dame
10 Harden
11 AD
12 JA
13 JT
14 Book
15 Jimmy Buttl
Westbrick has very little horsepower in those legs lol
Well said.........🤨
Westbrook is going to shut alot of mouths this coming season he's going to do great things for The Lakers
lol your a clown
🍺
Shut a lot of mouths by being worse than last season. There will be no words to describe how bad he will be this season.
Rofl. Not even you believe that
No hes not
If they trade Westbrook theyl regret it just like when they Traded Fisher back in the day.
This dude talking about Derek Fisher
@@LcInfantrySr casual
Lol what?? Fisher contributed way more
YES WAY, it's called declining with age.
Patrick Beverly coming off the bench stop it Stephen A!!!
The same way y'all criticize LBJ, were is it for KD? I don't want to hear nothing.
It's 25-30 years later and Kendrick Perkins is finally getting the education he skipped out on. Ozen HS did him no favors. It's never to late in life Kendrick! Ozen CC still has openings before classes start next week!
If the lakers had more shooters it could work especially if lebron plays a lil more off ball
Funny AF how ESPN still believes other teams should bail out the Lakers and take Westbrook
Salute Stephen A Smith for calling out the Fake Twitter comment from LeBron lol King James my favorite player but I wasn’t expecting anybody to call him out on that. Like cmon bro we want westbrick gone
What did Lebron say?!
Stephen A is actually right.
technically he cant get worse if he was already ranked the worst..
Who really needs to show up is Anthony Davis 👀👀👀
Preach
Why are we still talking about the lakers
No keep everyone lets run it back
change for what?
Now that Pat Beverley has Labron on his team you know his ego is thru the roof.
If Russell Westbrook LeBron James and Anthony Davis is on the basketball court for 65 games or more this season I'll say they'll be a playoff team but if they're not on the court together that many games then they won't make the playoffs and they might be a play in team that's my opinion and I'm sticking to it 🤔💡💯🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀
The problem is that he and Lebron don't fit together. The only way it'll ever work is if Lebron humbles himself and doesn't try to play point guard
@@timeoutproductions5113 you have to trust your point guard with the basketball and labron James doesn't trust Russell Westbrook with the basketball because he can't knock down the open jump shot 🤔💡💯 LeBron James trusted Dennis schroder more than he trust Russell Westbrook with the basketball the Lakers should have got John Wall in the issue would have been out of the way but still they just don't have the inventory to trade off so they'll have to deal with the problem until Russell Westbrook contract bronze on they'll be a playoff team this season but they won't win any championships that's my opinion and I'm sticking to it 🤔💡👍💯👍
@@antoniotucker4708 Yeah that's why Westbrook and Lebron don't fit together at all, Westbrook's skills don't match but they are made even worse by Lebron playing the point guard position. Westbrook is not an off-ball player at all
@@timeoutproductions5113 or if Westbrook comes off the bench. If they actually keep Westbrook (which I’m praying they don’t) him coming off the bench is the only thing that makes sense.
@@jaydot4956 Yeah man good call. I agree totally
this title is not going to age well I just know it
Way!!
The man is getting older and may have a different outlook on the game and his role. Give the brother a chance S.A.
No lol. He should go back to OKC. Spurs are building something good rn.
Russ has plenty of skills still. But what defined the Lakers last year was this motto… when you think it’s bad it just gets worse
Kendrick don’t even believe the stuff he saying, he can’t talk bad about Russ since his wife checked him
She did when ?
I actually find it disgusting to hear these 2 guys pretend they have a relationship or even “love” some of these players when in actuality they would and have already sold out their so called friendships just to get numbers up for the show. No integrity.
Look at Russel westbrook position vs lebron position I keep telling you lebron taking Russel westbrook out of his position and role as a point guard
Did Stephen A just call Pat Bev a hall of famer???? No bro.
Russ can bounce back if he will be the primary ball handler, so he needed to be traded.
yea he can and the lakers also.
I'm still surprised that Westbrook and the rest of the Thunder didn't make defeat the Warriors in the WCF when K.D. was his teammate
What’s the power ball numbers bruh?
I think Pat & Russ could actually be good for each other. Bev is always been of them dude uHate as a competitor but love as a teammate. It’s just competition.