Stephen Curry is hitting half court shots off glass and Golden state is in rare form. Lebron and Kevin Love have Cleveland at the top of the east and Andre Drummond is grabbing every rebound on planet earth. With respect to all of those things have you seen what Mr. Westbrook is doing in Oklahoma? For some time I’ve heard critics say that Durant was the top dog on their team and that Russell’s play would at times hold the Thunder back. Are you absolutely sure Kevin Durant is the best player on their team?
Currently out again with an injury Kevin is posting a crazy 28ppg 7rebs and 3ast per game. Safe to say he is back. Russell Westbrook is averaging 25ppg a league leading 11ast and 9rebs. It was one thing to see him average a triple double the second half of last season with Kevin Durant out. He literally had to do it all because no other fire power was available for OKC. This season the Thunder have maybe the most talented team on paper in the NBA. They have a bench and a scoring threat down low in Enes Kanter, a healthy handyman in Serge Ibaka, and the usual suspects in Durant and Westbrook.
They fired Scotty Brooks and brought in Billy Donovan and his success remains to be seen.
The biggest difference in what I have seen in this early season is that Westbrook is now controlling with much more than his scoring. Donovan recently said he can dominate a game without taking a shot. He’s taking the other teams point guard out of the game defensively, grabbing more boards than your center and setting up his teammates! He’s finally being a traditional one like the critics have always said he isn’t. What exactly can be nitpicked about now? Maybe it’s time for us to reconsider who the top dog in OKC is? Pay attention.
