Russell Westbrook can’t be your No. 1 option for a championship team – Stephen A. | First Take
Stephen A. Smith argues that despite Russell Westbrook’s great talent, he is incapable of leading a team to an NBA Championship as the No. 1 option and will take the blame if the Oklahoma City Thunder get eliminated in the 1st round.
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pg is waisting his time in okc. feelsbadman
AlphaAL15 thing is if he played second fiddle he wouldn’t have had the pressure…
nikeairjordanfly too late for that 😂🤣🤣
One of the dumbest FA decisions in a minute. Russ won’t win a championship unless he changes his game
+Logan holtman it was kd ass who didnt show up after being up 3 1 against gsw, russ gave him 30 shots each game, go back look at stats
+A RB westbrook a point guard with who doesn’t pass lol.
Max KellerMn is probably a BREAD fan and his favorite song is “IF”.
Guitar man and LET ME GO are dope songs. BREAD is OG.
Imagine OKC built around Harden and Durant vs. Westbrook and George
Would be just as bad. All 3 need the ball.
Man a fun as hell to watch man but and they would need is a Cp3/Rubio type 🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
Imagine letting go of Russ and keeping Harden.
IF I HAD AN ORANGE 4 EVEY BRICK RUSSELL WESTBROOK SHOOTS I WOULD OWN THE MINUTE MAID COMPANY!!!!!
Cj Armour funny
Lmao
😂😂
Nah dude.. you’d own an orchard farm down in florida
Westbrick richer than trump at this moment with all those bricks.
Westbrook plays emotional that’s why. His a sensitive little bully
soooo… when are we gonna give Portland credit for their outstanding defense and offense in the playoffs instead of dragging the thunder
+Glorious_Dominator16 99%?? Uhh no.
Naw westbrook killd the momentum EVENYTiMe the thunder went on a run with vry bad shots
+boricuafrican the team aint shit, anytime one player gets triple doubles night in, night out, who else grabbing rebounds, he cant shoot, aint no other threat shooters, george off and on, the team aint shit, so whose gon score, for instance before you call him a hog, then take him out, now what
+Kamran Dhillon tbh both spurs and nuggets are gonna be more than 5 games, blazers vs spurs, blazers in 7, Blazers vs nuggets nuggets in 6, they have a chance, but im still skeptical
“Next Question”
Can’t blame Carmelo for this one guys
Hell ya you can
+Nathan Exde Denver didn’t make the playoffs for multiple seasons, drafted Carmelo and made the playoffs every year he was playing, facts. People unjustly judge melo
star fire bru they playing worse so how 🖕🖕 hating ass bitch
Nathan Exde 🤦♀️ you must be a bandwagon ever since melo came into the nba he’s been good wtf are you talking about
+L G melo came to ny and dragged them to the playoffs twice for the first time since starbury.
Paul George had a good game 3? Steven A, he shot 3-21. Game 3 was won by Westbrook. Hands down
Michael Zaine hh
+ForJordy like portland cant play
That’s one fucking game , Paul been carrying OKC since he signed that contract
Russell WestbrookMvp2017#Stephanie Lurry is trash Westbrook the most overrated taken to school by the most underrated, Westbrook will happily take a triple double over a win
Westbrook will get ran out of the league like they did IVERSON when he could still score and had some fans
Who remembers when the NBA Players voted Westbrook as the most overrated, I can see why now lol
back in the day ,on the way to championship up 3 1 against warriors it wasnt him then
+trualways911
Plays defense on him self lol
+MidnightWalker ’03
He said he plays defense on his self
Yes we remember it was literally last month dumbshit
DanielK he’s got an mvp remember lol that’s why he’s overrated
Somebody has to tell Westbrook that being a “Loose Cannon” isn’t call Leadership… SMDH
This is Leadership:
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26577444/blazers-ignore-trash-talk-refs-beat-thunder?platform=amp
+Lou Che lol
+Maurice Brodie I agree
Isn’t called*
+Joel Cebada ..Thanks Bruh.. I’m gonna leave it that way just to annoy you.. 🤣😂👍🏿👍🏿
Nah I would take D Rose as the most athletic Point Guard ever. The way he could contort his body and control himself in the air, Russ never could.
Only if Rose legs didnt give up on him
No, I think it goes to both of them. D rose was a better shooter though. But athletic wise, both of them are freaks. Well d rose was but you get the idea
In terms of raw athleticism I think Russ over Rose. But what you said is right
Drose not even like that no more so wat are u saying?
Rose was more acrobatic and finesse, Westbrook is more explosive and powerful
The more I watch Westbrook the more I understand kd 😂
+Caleb Niederhofer , your comment doesn’t make sense…he made the championship team unstoppable?
+aceito28 maybe, maybe not…
For leaving. Sure. I get it.
But for going to a 73 win team that just whipped his ass in the conference finals and was one win away from a back to back chip… Nah. I’ll never understand. That will always be a soft move. Until he leads his own team to a chip, he will always have an asterisk. That’s not hate. Thats just facts. KD made a soft move when he coulda made a boss move. He knows it too. That’s why winning that first chip didnt make him happy. Why he was still in his feels.
And for anyone to imply that KD won the Warriors them rings. Yeah. He has talent. But be honest. Them props goes to Kerr. He could’ve designed a gameplan around any one of their starters (cough Curry cough) and led them to a finals mvp (cough Curry cough). KD still had to perform, and that he did, but it was a red carpet road laid out at his feet.
+samuel moore game 7 KD disappeared? KD has 27 points in 10-19 shooting. Russ has 19 points with 7-21 shooting. Now tell me who disappeared in that game
Steven Adams: will you let me get this rebound?
Westbrook: next question.
+yungbreezy12 👍👍👍👍 Straight facts my guy
True story
Hahahahahahahah
+Bud Howard Donovan was an idiot for benching him most of the 4th quarters. OKC needed him to help play defense and get some rebounds.
+vandermixon russ was an idiot
Interviewer: KD is up 3-1 and your down 3-1 how do you feel about it?
Russ: next question
Same way i felt when we were up 3-1 against the warriors and lost…if u dontsn’t win the title it doesnt mattr how far u make it
Westbrook’s biggest problem is not his poor shooting, it’s his extreme lack of basketball IQ.
gustavo jimenez homboy what???!!?😭😭u dumb dumb
+Jasper /:
he’s entertaining like Jason Williams but coaches are taking other PG’S before Westbrook and will get ran outta the league like IVERSON
+JR The GOAT Smith
exactly
+Joel Porter you can add up everyone’s basketball iq here to his and it still wouldn’t match
+vandermixon yes, please clarify. a lot of people are pointing out the bad shots and “sloppy” drives to the hoop… but all I see is a top 3 point guard who’s losing to a better team
Westbrook makes me appreciate how great point guards like Jason Kidd were
Russell is Jason Kidd on PHD’s so appreciate Jason is (in a sense) appreciating Russell.
Steve Nash
+Caique Hideo yeah that was my fav Nash n Rondo
1)MAGIC
2)STEPH
3)STOCKTON
4)J.KIDD
5)ISAIAH
6)CP3
7)KYRIE
8)IVERSON
9)HARDEN
10) STEVE NASH
DAMIAN LILLARD, GARY PAYTON, MARK JACKSON, TONY PARKER, DERON WILLIAMS, RONDO, WESTBROOK, JASON WILLIAMS, KEVIN JOHNSON, D.ROSE,PENNY, TIM HARDAWAY, STEVE FRANCIS, CHAUNCEY BILLOPS, MIKE BIBBY, JOHN WALL, Skip to my Lou, SHAM GOD,JAMAL CRAWFORD, MARK PRICE, MARBURY, OSCAR WALT,PISTOL PETE, EARL MONROE, TINY ARCHIBALD, DAVID SKYWALKER THOMPSON, BOB COUSY, CHRIS JACKSON, KEVIN PORTER, SCOTT SKYLLS, DAMON STOUDAMIRE, NICK VAN EXEL, KENNY ANDERSON, KEMBA WALKER, KENNY SMITH, TERRY PORTER, ROD STRICKLAND etc, etc
+Lil Corey Rider even though I may not 100% agree with this list, I applaud you for knowing so many all time PG’s. That’s a rare occurrence in the YouTube comment section 💯✊
Russ gotta get himself together man, Dame ain’t playing with him this time
Westbrook got Ben Simmons jumpshot with Steph Curry Mentality.
I love Russ but this is too funny
This is odhee 😂
+Kushdaddy111 damn boy …..you tryna spell old?
Hahahahahah thats messd up
With mamba mentality that wants to play hero ball lol
Must forgot d rose athleticism🤦🏾♂️🌹
For like a couple years smh 😂
YBN- KHI facts🤦🏽♂️
We all forgot 😂😂😂 nigga a 6th man now G
I bet Paul George regretting signing that 4 year max for the Thunder…
Ehh idk man he’s making a shit load of money I doubt he regrets it he’s probably just disappointed