Build an nba championship team around Prime Russell Westbrook

[Lebron23]

C Zaza Pachulia PF Draymond Green, SF Klay Thompson, SG Russell Westbrook, G Stephen Curry

[GimmeThat]

put him on those Nash's Suns

[SouBeachTalents]

Westbrook
Harden
Luka
LeBron
Cousins

[Phoenix]

Build NBA Championship team or.......... Prime Russell Westbrook.

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[elementally morale]

If Westbrook is the best player, it's tough.

You need 2 players on the court who are great at collecting offensive rebounds, one of them a shotblocker as well. Someone like Miles Turner and Steven Adams or Nic Claxton. You also need a player who may be a bit worse overall but a defensive specialist who can check Westbrook's ego and put him in his place when he goes crazy. A Draymond Green type. And you need a 3 point specialist with good defense. Mikal Bridges and Cameron Johnson type players. One of them coming off the bench. This team still wouldn't win much.


Westbrook
Bridges
Green
Turner
Adams
_________

Cam Johnson
Claxton
Schoeder

[Jasper]

C Zaza Pachulia PF Draymond Green, SF Klay Thompson, SG Russell Westbrook, G Stephen Curry

in the huddle CURRY would be saying - did you or did you not see I was open by 20 '// Klay me too

[DMAVS41]

Russ / Klay / Covington / Draymond / Brook Lopez

[3ba11]

Give Westbrook the same team he had in 2012 and hopefully he won't face a veteran super-team that was hand-picked and manufactured

The "decision" stole organic chips from Westbrook, Duncan and Curry - KD's only mistake was waiting 6 years to respond

[ShawkFactory]

Give Westbrook the same team he had in 2012 and hopefully he won't face a veteran super-team that was hand-picked and manufactured

The "decision" stole organic chips from Westbrook, Duncan and Curry - KD's only mistake was waiting 6 years to respond

I think the idea is that Westbrook is the best player on the team.

[3ba11]

I think the idea is that Westbrook is the best player on the team.


Oh okay, well in that case it's impossible to win with a super-ball-dominant PG as your best player... Nash, CP3 and others proved that

Even big man ball-dominators like Magic and Lebron needed ridiculous help to win and they're only 9-10 in the Finals - if big man ball-dominators are losers on the championship level, than short ball-dominators probably can't win at all.. Heck, for half of Magic's chips, he wasn't the best player and Lebron wasn't the best either for 2 of his Finals runs (11', 20)

[Full Court]

Westbrook
Harden
Luka
LeBron
Cousins

That's an absolutely atrocious team. Four ball dominators and abysmal defense.

[1987_Lakers]

That's an absolutely atrocious team. Four ball dominators and abysmal defense.

This dude still struggling understanding soubeach's sarcasm. :roll:

[JohnMax]

Westbrook is too small, dumb, and unskilled to lead a team to a championship.

[Airupthere]

PG Westbrook
SG Hornacek
SF Bryon Russell
PF Karl Malone
C Greg Ostertag

They will win 4 rings

[John8204]

c - Dan Issel
PF - Maurice Stokes
SF - Jimmy Butler
SG - Reggie Miller
PG - Russell Westbrook

[gonzaldo]

2017-18 Houston with Russ in the place of Harden and Al Horford instead of Ryan Anderson who was completely useless and the salaries somehow match. Then make Chris paul healthy and rockets win the title with westbrook seen as the best player i guess.

[lxlHoTsAuSelxl]

Pretty easy, replace Durant with Russel back when he was in GS.

[Lebron23]

Pretty easy, replace Durant with Russel back when he was in GS.


this

[kawhileonard2]

Westbrook has to be the clear cut best player. Couldn't make play in with peak Lebron, Anthony Davis, Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard.

[lxlHoTsAuSelxl]

Westbrook has to be the clear cut best player. Couldn't make play in with peak Lebron, Anthony Davis, Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard.

You said "clear cut best player"......and Carmelo and DHoward 'peaking' out the retirement door with 1 1/2 legs, both arms, half their head.

[3ba11]

PG Westbrook
SG Hornacek
SF Bryon Russell
PF Karl Malone
C Greg Ostertag

They will win 4 rings


Okay that's very smart and good... except he wouldn't be the best player.. Malone is still the better player

[Lebron23]

Westbrook wins the finals mvp in 2017 and 2018.

[imdaman99]

Lol this is bait to troll. He was great in 2017, his MVP year but he's been downhill since. Doubt he would be the best player in the warriors with curry there

[ImKobe]

Anthony Davis
Lebron James
Patrick Beverley
Lonnie Walker IV
Russell Westbrook

[lxlHoTsAuSelxl]

Replace Andre Iguodala with Westbrook 2014-2015.....stop thinking so hard.

[lxlHoTsAuSelxl]

Anthony Davis
Lebron James
Patrick Beverley
Lonnie Walker IV
Russell Westbrook

NBA dream team right there.

[Full Court]

Anthony Davis
Lebron James
Patrick Beverley
Lonnie Walker IV
Russell Westbrook

That team should have won a championship. Just shows you how difficult to impossible it is to build a championship team around Lebron these days - even if it's a super team.

[90sgoat]

Does it have to be now? Or within Russ career?

If I could choose freely, I'd go with, Miami Lebron, but only because I can't choose Cleveland Lebron due to Russ not being in the league:

2012

PG: Lebron
SG: Westbrook
SF: Wesley Matthews
PF: Ron Artest
C: Serge Ibaka

Coach: Tom Thibedau

This is going to be a team that looks a lot like the Derrick Rose Bulls with the same coach.

We want to play tough physical defense and then we run, run, run and with Lebron and Westbrook leading the charge, it's going to be one highlight dunk after another, while Wesley Matthews and Ron Artest spread the floor as both good shooters and exceptional defenders. Serge Ibaka rounds off the center position with great defense, but also spacing and athleticism.

This team would be incredible. It would be completely absurd defensively and with every turnover, you'd see either Lebron or Westbrook rushing up the floor. It would be a team that would blow lesser teams out of the game in the first quarter. It would be the Mike Tyson of basketball.

Like Mike, they would have some weaknesses, that once exposed, would give them problems. Slow the game down and force them to play half court and this team struggles.

This team would both be a fan favorite and a legit team. The only question, and what keeps them from winning, is who is going to hit the clutch shots? Overall, this team would still win, because they'd run into inexperienced finals teams eventually.

[GimmeThat]

and now Westbrook is Scottie Pippen somehow

[Jasper]

russ

dennis rodman
Rashad Wallace
bird man
____________ your choice and weed smoking guard

[Wally450]

PG- Curry
SG- Klay
SF- Durant
PF- Draymond
C- Looney

6- Westbrook
7- Iguodala

[HoopologyPhD]

Westbrook probably should have spent his career as a super 6th man with a very short leash so he wouldn't implode.

[SouBeachTalents]

On a serious note, where he has to be the best player

Russ
Klay
PG
Sheed
Horford

[lxlHoTsAuSelxl]

2015 GS team where Iggy won Finals MVP over Curry, Klay, Green.

Westbrook
Curry
Bogut
Klay
Green

[tpols]

Russ / Klay / Covington / Draymond / Brook Lopez

Westbrook and dray would be a disaster together from a spacing and chemistry perspective.

[Airupthere]

PG Westbrook
SG Hornacek
SF Bryon Russell
PF Karl Malone
C Greg Ostertag

They will win 4 rings


Okay that's very smart and good... except he wouldn't be the best player.. Malone is still the better player

Thanks. I clearly based my lineup heavily on the 90s Utah Jazz with 1998 version of Karl Malone which is Lebron23's favorite all time team that would have won multiple championships (hence preventing Jordan from winning any). Since Lebron23 clearly sees Stockton and Horny as the biggest plumbers, putting Westbrook in place of Stockton gets rid of one plumber that could nullify the effect of Horny.

Given that all past players are plumbers, putting prime Westbrook on the 90s Jazz will make him the best player in the team, not Malone. Westbrook puts up triple doubles. (I hope people don't miss the sarcasm on this, LOL).

[ralph_i_el]

"Around him" means he is your best player? If so, impossible. Any team that wins a ring with RW is not "built around him"

Someone above said Nash's Suns. That would have been amazing, but he would have been a supporting part. Some crazy mix between the role of Leandro Barbossa and Shawn Marion.

[Jasper]

russ

dennis rodman
Rashad Wallace
bird man
____________ your choice and weed smoking guard

strickland

If the don't win , they will be so high they would not give a crap

[Patrick Chewing]

russ

dennis rodman
Rashad Wallace
bird man
____________ your choice and weed smoking guard

Who is Rashad Wallace? Any relation to Rasheed Wallace?


And that team ain't winning shit, bro. Bird man?? Unless you're referring to Larry Bird, then yeah.

[AlternativeAcc.]

Westbrick
Klay
Middleton
Dray
Gasol

Probably still a 2nd round exit but I tried.

[AlternativeAcc.]

Westbrook and dray would be a disaster together from a spacing and chemistry perspective.

Nope, Dray could handle playmaking duties to take the load off Westbrick and his defensive genius and versatility would be much needed. He would also keep Westbrick emotionally in check.

Westbrick played with Roberson and Perkins. Prime Dray spaces the floor far better

Dray is one of the few guys who could actually get Westbrick to play somewhat intelligently.

[GimmeThat]

what's with the whole 'prime' Russell Westbrook means he has to play all 5 positions agenda. If anything, he's proven to be a specialist to drive out all the players who can't get stronger.

[GimmeThat]

They keep mentioning Warriors but God won't allow that team to succeed without Curry and Klay in starting lineup. They've tried Jordan Poole and Monte Ellis in Klays spot and team always missed playoffs.

the only problem with your name/relation being your immunity, is that you can't eat/drink it to boost your immune system.

[JohnMax]

There's a spiritual component to basketball.

For example God won't allow Warriors to succeed without Curry and Klay in starting lineup. They've tried Jordan Poole and Monte Ellis in Klay's spot and Warriors always missed playoffs.

Devil worshippers excuse is Klay has better size or is a good defender but he hasn't been a good defender since returning from injury. They know the truth. God wants to use TWO elite 3-point shooters with different styles of play (Klay can't shoot off the dribble threes) to promote EVOLUTION of basketball.

[tpols]

Nope, Dray could handle playmaking duties to take the load off Westbrick and his defensive genius and versatility would be much needed. He would also keep Westbrick emotionally in check.

Westbrick played with Roberson and Perkins. Prime Dray spaces the floor far better

Dray is one of the few guys who could actually get Westbrick to play somewhat intelligently.

Roberson and Perkins didn't start at the same time for the Thunder. Their playing time didn't intersect. Westbrook had prime Durant and Harden who are big time shooters and superstars and couldn't win.

Dray + Westbrook is just.... comedy. Both can't shoot and dray is used to building dimes off the back of the GOAT shooter and his off ball play. Where as Westbrook is a bricklayer and is only effective on ball. Their styles just don't mesh at all. Dray is like 1000x worse version of lebron and we saw lebron and westbrick were an all time bad fit.

[AlternativeAcc.]

Roberson and Perkins didn't start at the same time for the Thunder. Their playing time didn't intersect. Westbrook had prime Durant and Harden who are big time shooters and superstars and couldn't win. Dray + Westbrook is just.... comedy. Both can't shoot and dray is used to building dimes off the back of the GOAT shooter and his off ball play. Where as Westbrook is a bricklayer and is only effective on ball. Their styles just don't mesh at all. Dray is like 1000x worse versuon of pebron and we saw lebron and westbrick were an all time bad fit.

Sure, if there aren't other shooters. Harden played one key season for the Thunder when he was 22. They traded him before we knew if they could ever win or not.

If you surround Westbrook and Dray with elite shooters, which is what everyone is doing, then the negatives are washed away. A guy like Dray would be critical for a team with Westbrick as the best player. And prime westbrick could shoot midrange pretty well, he's not a guy you used to be able to leave wide open.

[GimmeThat]

Devil worshippers excuse is Klay has better size or is a good defender but he hasn't been a good defender since returning from injury. They know the truth. God wants to use TWO elite 3-point shooters with different styles of play (Klay can't shoot off the dribble threes) to promote EVOLUTION of basketball.

that'd be like the evolution of gold.

[lxlHoTsAuSelxl]

2014-2015 GS Warriors

Curry
Klay
Bogut
Green
Barnes

To

Westbrook
Curry
Bogut
Green
Klay

EAZY.

[BarberSchool]

Westbrook is too small, dumb, and unskilled to lead a team to a championship.1,000%

You can’t win a championship, in a series against a .500 team in the regular season.