Russell Westbrook Introduced in Houston

I hope this works out for Russell. Even before the Paul George demand to be traded it was apparent Russell Westbrook needed a reset with the back quarter of his basketball career. He had gone as far as he could go in Oklahoma City. Isn’t it ironic seven years after the Harden trade Russell Westbrook finally has a slew of effective three point shooters around him.

Can Harden and Westbrook figure out the usage issues in my mind depends on Russell. This is Harden’s team. Some Little Nick Gallo clone won’t be hovering around Westbrook as if it’s his kingdom. Russell Westbrook will have to adjust to Harden’s game more than the other way around.

Can he do it? Of course he can. We saw it with our own eyes in 2012 when the Thunder won the West with Harden being the ball handler in the Western Conference Playoffs.

If Russell Westbrook is genuinely serious about winning a championship anywhere he needs to rethink his game and be less ball dominant and a better defender who does the little things.

Durant won an MVP with Westbrook and Paul George just had his best season as a professional with him so this shouldn’t be impossible if he can come to the understanding his clock is running out.

As an NBA fan this is going to be an awesome season to watch, Not necessarily as a Thunder fan, but for the West as a whole.

The Thunder for the first time in a decade are projected to not make the playoffs. I would assume they won’t be part of the NBA Christmas Day package. Presti has yet to pull the trigger on a full blown tank. In his heart he knows the little college market won’t take to a tank and he can’t send the team back to Seattle for two years of tanking. This require significant nuance by Sam Presti.

Howard… we know you’re not going to be POTUS…would you like to rent your team back for two years? We could call it Hurricane Tanking.

But for me as a basketball fan I can’t wait to see the Rockets, the Clippers, the Warriors, and the LA Lakers as they are now.

When I go to see the Thunder play these teams in OKC it in essence will be to see the visitors. But by the same token I’m curious to see if SGA is indeed a player the Thunder can build around and if Billy Donovan can do with this Thunder team what Doc Rivers did this past season with the Clippers.

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