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russwest0
02-15-2015, 04:49 PM
https://twitter.com/DarnellMayberry/status/566775516142006272

:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

Westbrook is the most alpha player in today's league hands down.
Wade's Rings
02-15-2015, 04:52 PM
Russell WestBeast :bowdown:
Roundball_Rock
02-15-2015, 04:52 PM
Westbrook is a beast. Easily a top 3-5 player in the league today.
necya
02-15-2015, 05:00 PM
he just said : he has the mindset of MJ...
if he was asked about Westbrook IQ, the answer would have been stephon marbury
no, seriously he just participated to the shooting stars with him, of course he will try to say some good words about him...
don't try to make it oh Penny said RW is the next MJ
OldSchoolBBall
02-15-2015, 05:23 PM
Westbrook definitely reminds me of a young Jordan '84-'90 where he was looking to get to the rim and make posters out of anyone on every play he could. Their aggressive mindset is very similar.
Foster5k
02-15-2015, 05:56 PM
he just said : he has the mindset of MJ...
if he was asked about Westbrook IQ, the answer would have been stephon marbury
no, seriously he just participated to the shooting stars with him, of course he will try to say some good words about him...
don't try to make it oh Penny said RW is the next MJ
This.
J Shuttlesworth
02-15-2015, 05:59 PM
If Durant can't win a ring with MJ-like help, he can never be part of the top 30
3ball
02-15-2015, 06:04 PM
Westbrook is a beast. Easily a top 3-5 player in the league today.


which means if you gave westbrook 3 more inches, more power and smarts, and the overall ability needed to triple his dunk frequency (as the stats show (http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=352399)), you'd have Jordan.

other than Jordan's vastly higher dunk frequency, MJ's advantages seem to be statistically reflected primarily in his considerably higher FG% - after all, westbrook's per-100 possession production this season is only slightly less than peak Jordan's, but westbrook shoots a whopping 10 percentage points less in FG%.

so imagine westbrook doing everything he's doing now, but only bigger, stronger, smarter and the ability to shoot 10 percentage points better and dunk 3 times as often.. that's the GOAT.
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