He might do better in Houston (maybe), but he wouldn't do better than Harden is

Apr 30, 2017
12:11:06pm

messi All-American

doing, and that's kind of the point.

It's much harder to build around Westbrook. He is a phenomenal, but flawed player.

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Chris Paul and Russell Westbrook are both fiercely competitive. However,

Crush4

4/30/17 1:03am

All sorts of former players have also been incredibly impressed by what

jensen46

4/30/17 1:19am

It is a very impressive individual accomplishment.

blackandblue

4/30/17 6:54am

Either way it's impressive he carried that team to a 7 seed.

thebruce

4/30/17 7:52am

I agree. But exact what you said. He carried them.

blackandblue

4/30/17 8:41am

If he didn't carry them they would have been lost at sea.

thebruce

4/30/17 11:58am

6th seed.

messi

4/30/17 11:15am

Or they define MVP differently than you.

Baron

4/30/17 6:56am

The problem with Westbrook's season is, that, yes,

messi

4/30/17 9:11am

They don't have good players though. Who would have had a good season

Dillinger

4/30/17 10:46am

They DO have good players. Adams was being talked about as one

messi

4/30/17 11:05am

Their supporting cast is bad. I like Adams---oladipo is not very good

thebruce

4/30/17 12:04pm

He might do better in Houston (maybe), but he wouldn't do better than Harden is

messi

4/30/17 12:11pm

He might not do as well as Harden. Would be fun to see.

thebruce

4/30/17 12:39pm

I disagree strongly with that. We'll never know, but he doesn't have the

messi

4/30/17 12:44pm

Adams looked ok with Durant, Westbrook and Ibaka. He's not a good offensive

Dillinger

4/30/17 12:11pm

Worst team in the league?? Lol

messi

4/30/17 12:11pm

Very close to it. Take a look at his plus minus numbers. They are crazy.

Dillinger

4/30/17 12:16pm

ANd you would take Adams and Oladipo before anybody on the Rockets roster

messi

4/30/17 12:15pm

OKC -12 offensive rating when westbrook is off the courst. Houston -2.5 when

Dillinger

4/30/17 12:18pm

That's because OKC doesn't have a backup pg, and also speaks

messi

4/30/17 12:23pm

RE: OKC -12 offensive rating when westbrook is off the courst. Houston -2.5 when

messi

4/30/17 12:24pm

Adams and Oladipo? I can tell this is going nowhere. We'll have to agree to

Dillinger

4/30/17 12:19pm

Absolutely. I've read the same argument from writers and

messi

4/30/17 12:22pm

I've read and heard the opposite. Like I said we've been having this argument

Dillinger

4/30/17 12:28pm

That's what people are saying now. They could use some shooting and a legitimate

messi

4/30/17 12:34pm

Playoffs are irrelevant to the MVP discussion.

Dillinger

4/30/17 12:44pm

Westbrook in the 4th during the playoffs-

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