If 79 is a solid player, shouldn't 78 also be? Beverley is 2k23 mt a formidable defender and a good three-point shooter. Westbrook might be a better passer (at most, within the first 40 minutes of an actual game) and rebounder, statistics that a video game could be able to reward, but he's clearly not a "better" basketball player than Beverley at the moment in their respective careers. "Russ in spite of the fact that you criticize his play and point out his weaknesses, I think he's still doing a great job," Ogwumike contended on the segment. "

He's there He'll give you at minimum 20 pointspossibly 8 or so [assists? rebounds? unclear]. "Of course, a large portion of the production comes as the direct result of Westbrook refusing to acknowledge or even ignoring wide-open teammates and forcing up the low percentage of heaves in traffic. In the role of the center of an offensive team this 6-foot-3" UCLA product is now the most ineffective obstacle to his teammates' success.

The decline of Westbrook was swiftly wrought. He was an insignificant All-Star in his 20-year NBA campaign with James Harden's Houston Rockets. But that kind of model for Westbrook has been gone. The flaws of Westbrook outweigh the strengths. 

While he is still putting on the scoreboard (though even those numbers are declining) But he's likely to be used in the near term as a spark plug off the bench, facing off against opposing second units in lieu of a starter.

The perceptions of the media in general about Westbrook remains stronger than what his actual night-in, night-out performance should reflect. I'm not alone to think this and it's similar to the downfall of Allen Iverson, who bristled at the notion of coming off the bench , until he was out of the league entirely.There's still plenty of time for Russell Westbrook to cheap mt nba 2k23 avoid the similar fate, provided he's willing to make that change.