The NBA Countdown crew discuss the LA Clippers’ ceiling with Russell Westbrook.
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41 Comments
I got kings winning by 8 tonight. 🤷🏽
Lmao 🤣 I love how every body mentions the few things Russ CAN DO , and half the times it’s not real basketball stuff , it’s HE PLAYS HARD , he’s gona be there EVERY GAME , he brings toughness…Ok what about his SHOOTing ? What about his HIGH TURNOVERS? What about his attitude in the locker room ? When everyone else is saying GET GREEDY , he’s saying JUS HAVE FUN WIN OR LOSE ? …
Sounds like the SAMETHING every time he gets traded EVERYONE LOVES WHAT HE CAN BRING TO THE TABLE …..TILL ITS AT YHE TABLE THEN NOBODY WANTS HIM 🤷🏾♂️
I mean he’s soooooooo GOOD that he been on 6 teams in 5 years and still In his prime years 🤦🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
I can't believe people who otherwise are very smart basketball minds are getting tripped up and stepping on the Russ rakes AGAIN. it is mind boggling how everyone here is thinking this is gonna work. This will be a tour de force of ineputitude cuz of russ
Why are they acting like Westbrook is the missing piece and savior? I he didn't have the Lakers so why is he going to help the Clippers?
I think it would b absolutely poetry if Russ ends up winning a chip wit the other LA team after everything that had happened wit the lakers 😂. That would stick it in brons face so bad especially if they don't even end up making the playoffs 😅
8:50:42 Let’s simply take a minute to congratulate how much time and passion she put on the videos?
It is great, and I consider they deserve more than that!
Clippers losing these guys be like,
"I knew it won't work"
The Time is Now to win it All
Can’t believe they are falling for this again with Westbrook lmao they goin learn again that the clippers will be made worse
Did Rose just say
“ Russ is one of the best creators in the league “ ? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Westbrook = easily expendable/disposal
Lakers paid Russ…
2022: $44M
2023: $31M
Overall record: 56-74 (.430)
Clippers paying Russ…
$784K for 21 games, more or less..
What exactly are the Clippers exactly risking here? Russ is easily disposable. He knows this might be his final stop. This is it. His NBA career is on the line these last 21 games.
If Russ doesn't perform or behave, he better learn how to speak Mandarin 🇨🇳. Become the next Stephon Marbury with a statue of himself in China after he becomes a legend there.
Russ did far more damage to his childhood team because they were stuck owing him so much money for the last 2 years of his deal. Lakers paid $75M of that $91M owed. Minnesota basically saved LeBron's Season 20 after his costly mistake for Jeanie.
If Russ starts, the Clippers ain’t going anywhere.
The more Westbrook plays the more damage he will do these guys are delusional
If they beat the kings easily tonight then yea it’s a good chance
0:42 wilbon look like he ready to kill someone 😂😂
SAS is delusional. Please stop with the Clippers making the finals just because he likes LA.
They’ve literally said they could see like 5 teams from each conference in the finals lol
The reasons they were giving for why they think Russ will work on the Clippers are pretty much the same ones they gave when he first joined the Lakers smh.
Clippers are like the cowboys of the nba
Wait, didn't they all said russ sucks before last week
I'm confident Ty Lue will be the one to dictate this interesting Westbrook experience/experiment if it fails or not. Ty is a straight shooter. He doesn't care if he hurts your feelings. If Ty feels it's going to get messy with Russ, he will yank him out ASAP and put him in his doghouse like he did to Rondo.
Look at my squad –
Kawhi Leonard
Paul George
Norman Powell
Terance Mann
Ivica Zubac
Marcus Morris Sr.
Nicolas Batum
Eric Gordon
Mason Plumlee
Bones Hyland
Robert Covington
Amir Coffey
Russell Westbrook
Austin Reaves is valuable on the Lakers but wouldn't make the cut on the Clippers. With or without Russ, we're fine. We're capable knocking out any team out there but our top guys needs to keep themselves available.
We've won 10 of our last 14 with a couple Ls because Kawhi didn't play. We should win tonight against Sac and again next Tuesday against Minnesota. We'll lose in Denver. This gets us at 6-4 for Feb which will be the hardest month of our regular season.
Let's say Lakers finishes 17-6 after ASG. They'll be 44-38. Clippers needs to finish 11-10 as we hold the tiebreaker. But it's possible Lakers can finish 20-3. Seriously. I only see 3 guaranteed Ls. Clippers would then need to finish 14-7.
I want a Clippers vs. Lakers playoffs series already! I'm sick and tired of Lakers mocking us and oppressing us in a city that hates us. I feel Iike Black people. I want to beat the living 💩 out of them!
NBA is reverse Star Wars. The evil empires are the good guys. The underdog rebels are the bad guys. That's how the media wants to portray LeBron being the hero and the Lakers being the Justice League.
He about to destroy another franchise ☠️☠️💀
Clippers a PG away from the finals
haha…the opposite of what all these fools said about Westbrook when with the lakers.
Nah. Not all year long. Not all year lawn. /
🎉Westbrook(1), Mann(2), George(3), Leonard(4), Zubac(5)… could win any 7 game series 🏆
russ made the lakers worse why would he make the clippers better? lol these experts are so stupid.
Clippers are going to win the championship.
Stephen A don’t know what team he want to pick..
he's made every great player he's played with worse. lol. they talk so highly of rus why did he change teams every year for the past 5 years? lol. so stupid listening ot these guys.
They most got amnesia…we just seen russ play for the Lakers…if it didn't work there it's not gon work down the hallway
Smith your takes on the LA teams dazzles me 😏😵😫
Kawai Load-Management + trash = finals. I follow that logic.
THE WEST IS THE BEST CONFERENCE NOW THAT KD N KYRIE WENT WEST… THERES ALOT OF UNCERTAINTY ANY TEAM COULD WIN THE WEST.. YOU REALLY GOT PICK A TEAM AND STICK WITH IT STOP FLIP FLOPPIN PICKS AFTER EVERY OTHER GAME.
Look at Jalen Rose with that $100 lineup
The thing is if he's playing at veteran minimum, he's well worth the buck. Clippers really have high ceiling. Problem with the Lakers was he was on a $47mil contract so roster construction was trash.
02 24 23 ALL LOOKING, GOOD! J. A. ROSE, THE BEST!!!
Clippers not beating Phoenix
How did Russ go from being a burden for multiple championship contending teams to being the missing piece for a team to win it all literally overnight 🤣🤣🤣
CAP
I want to compliment Russ right now. But Russ haters and Bronsexuals will attack me. Whats the point