Refusing to stay at Utah Jazz, Russell Westbrook lands in LA Clippers
Last night in Vietnam time, reputable journalist Adrian Wojnarowski updated a pretty hot news regarding former All-Star, All-NBA defender Russell Westbrook.
The tripartite deal that broke out nearly two weeks ago brought Westbrook from the Los Angeles Lakers to Utah. D'Angelo Russell, Malik Beasley and Jarred Vanderbilt went to the Lakers, and the Minnesota Timberwolves took Mike Conley.
Although the Jazz is still open to welcome Westbrook, the team's coaching staff has not committed to the specific role and number of minutes played for the former LA Lakers defender. This prompted Russ to immediately consider liquidating the contract and consider outside options.
The three teams that showed interest in Russell Westbrook initially were the LA Clippers, the Chicago Bulls and the Miami Heat. Finally, the 1988 defender chose the blue and white half of Los Angeles,
The deal will bring Russell Westbrook back together with Paul George, one of his former teammates during the Oklahoma City Thunder.
From now on, the LA Clippers will be the next team after the Los Angeles Lakers to try to solve the problem called efficiency of Russell Westbrook.
He is a defender who will definitely enter the Hall of Fame in the future with a CV including 2016-17 season MVP, 2 points king titles, 3 assists king titles, 9 times in the All-NBA team of the year, 9 All-Star appearances and a member of the 75th NBA roster.
On paper, any team would want a player like Westbrook. However, the effectiveness of the 34-year-old defender's play has plummeted in the last 3 seasons.
The boom in step one to speed, which made Russ' trademark at its peak, is gone. Plus the shot was never a strong point, Westbrook gradually became out of tune.
When he arrived at the Los Angeles Lakers, Russell only successfully completed 29.6% of 3-pointers per game, statistics not good enough to survive in a team in dire need of quality pitchers, making good use of the space. drums created by LeBron and Davis.
The LA Clippers have somewhat seen the minus of Russell Westbrook, so they can exploit this defender in another way, more specifically by pressing on the "playmaking" skill.
Westbrook is an expert in assists and plays, averaging 7.5 assists per game this season for the Lakers.
It is highly likely that he will continue to lead the LA Clippers' sub-team, holding the ball to stir up the opponent's squad while Kawhi Leonard or Paul George rest on the bench.
In other words, as long as Westbrook doesn't pay much attention to finishing from distance and focuses on creating, he is still the quality PG model that many teams want to own.
Clippers are in dire need of such a PG. They didn't get what they wanted with John Wall, who was signed during the offseason the previous year.
Wherever it is, the problem of integration and efficiency is also highly appreciated for Russell Westbrook, but this time he will not be under as much pressure as with the Los Angeles Lakers.
In a group that emphasizes solidarity and is somewhat "avoiding the media" like the Clippers, Westbrook will have the opportunity to show off his talent.
