Ok sure they are a lotto pick I guess without Westbrook. Thats hard for me to agree to, as we dont know what the talent around him would bring if, ya know, they actually had a chance to have the ball in their hands, but whatever. Im not arguing that. You can have that one.
But dude pads his stats. Its proven. Im not saying is "simply" a stat padder. Im saying he dulled the impressiveness of it (for me) by getting them in such a obvious and easy way. Video evidence. Same video I was talking about before if you saw it already.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtnB3VhU9I0
If you dont see that as stat padding I dont know what to tell you. He is literally taking the ball from his teammates when he could be putting pressure on the D by getting a head start down the floor. He doesnt HAVE to get the rebound to run the break. As a matter of fact I argue he could run it better if he got that head start. He stopped shooting against the Sun the other night. That sealed it for me. Dude stopped looking for his shot and just kept passing the ball. Suns win, of course cause the best shooter on the floor stopped shooting to get assists. That wack.