Russel Westbrooks Greatness Will Be Decided

[Inimical]

Saying a guy has to be on a championship winning team to be considered great is ridiculous.

well whatever.

 

[Inimical]

we playing.
The game is on.

 

[GNG]

I curse all the time on the POLITICS forum.

That is a cesspool of anger not for the feint of heart. Nothing ever gets accomplished in that forum.
If you don't curse and rage, you get swallowed up in craziness

The NBA forum is probably the politest and most content driven forum.

It probably comes the closest in achieving the goal of being a friendly group of fans who love something.

There is little need to curse in the NBA forums.

You only dislike the politics forum because you suck there. If you had a better grasp of national and world events you might enjoy it.

 

[Inimical]

You only dislike the politics forum because you suck there. If you had a better grasp of national and world events you might enjoy it.

i dislike politics because i get attacked without creedance.

 

[Inimical]

i dislike politics because i get attacked without creedance.

so what she said.

 

[Inimical]

Rejeted by roberson.

 

[GNG]

i dislike politics because i get attacked without creedance.

You know that you deserve it...

 

[Inimical]

You know that you deserve it...

no u fucking asshole.

 

[GNG]

no u fucking asshole.

Now, now, child, just be a good little guy and go to bed...

 

[Inimical]

Now, now, child, just be a good little guy and go to bed...

Ill to bed. With your mom.

 

[GNG]

Ill to bed. With your mom.

So you like older women...

 

[Inimical]

So you like older women...

i like older women with fat guts. Your mom is a slut.

 

[GNG]

i like older women with fat guts. Your mom is a slut.

Well she does like to watch "Keeping up with the Kardashians".

 

[Inimical]

Well she does like to watch "Keeping up with the Kardashians".

shut your bittch ass up

 

[Shanemansj13]

Clearly winning matters.
He could still be in Oscar Robertson, Stockton/Malone, Barkley, etc level rating without titles.

No he wont and especially not for one season. If he never wins a titles and has almost of decade of this play (not saying averaging a triple double but elite play) then he could be close to those guys. Oscar is top 10 though, he is on a whole different level than those other guys listed

 

[GNG]

shut your bittch ass up

 

[tlance]

Saying a guy has to be on a championship winning team to be considered great is ridiculous.

Normally I would agree with this comment.

However, given the list of players some on here are trying to compare Russ to, it absolutely applies in this case. Especially since, IMO the same motor that drove Russ to a triple double average is the single biggest reason he never won a ring with Durant.

But, if Russ continues to play like he did last night in the playoffs (6-23, 9 TOs vs 7 assists), it will silence even his most ardent supporters. Regular season numbers are meaningless if you can't back them up in the playoffs.

 

[GNG]

Normally I would agree with this comment.

However, given the list of players some on here are trying to compare Russ to, it absolutely applies in this case. Especially since, IMO the same motor that drove Russ to a triple double average is the single biggest reason he never won a ring with Durant.

But, if Russ continues to play like he did last night in the playoffs (6-23, 9 TOs vs 7 assists), it will silence even his most ardent supporters. Regular season numbers are meaningless if you can't back them up in the playoffs.

Sorry but being great doesn't mean you need to win a championship to validate yourself.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Sorry but being great doesn't mean you need to win a championship to validate yourself.

He still isn't helping his case in his first go-around. When you average a triple-double in the regular season and shit the bed in the playoffs you will not be an all-time great player. Still gotta perform when the stakes are high, all that being said, it was one game.

 

[tlance]

Sorry but being great doesn't mean you need to win a championship to validate yourself.

I agree mostly. Not is Russ' case though. He needs to show that he can lead a team past the point where their roster should be able to go. He has never done that. Not even this year, unless he can get OKC past Houston. OKC has never overachieved during the entire time Russ has been there. Remember, they won 2 more games than their Vegas projection. That is insignificant, IMO.

Call me a homer if you want, but if I am starting a franchise I will take John Wall over Russ any day. They are both highly explosive athletes. The difference is that Russ expends energy to produce stats while Wall does more little things to help his team win (like defense, earlying the ball up in non assist situations, etc.)