UNDISPUTED | Skip Bayless “Point God Russell Westbrook” in Clippers legendary comeback vs Warriors

UNDISPUTED | Skip Bayless “Point God Russell Westbrook” in Clippers legendary comeback vs Warriors

As the Clippers rallied to pull off a nice win at Golden State without Kawhi Leonard who’s out with an adductor injury so after a nightmare stint with the Lakers Westbrook has found a niche and a home with the Clippers who continue to make a case they’re the best

Team in the west if not in the entire NBA kesan after what happened with your Lakers is Westbrook saving his legacy with the Clippers what’s his legacy though skip what is he saving like what what we all know a triple uh triple double crown uh King he you know he’s

All right let me tell you what he’s saving that one year with your team it was a long hard year yeah he led the league in turnovers until the last game of the season when Trey young just slipped just past him so he finished second in turnovers he finished dead

Last in three-point shooting and it got so bad at Staples or now the Crypt that do you remember this but as he went up to shoot it the whole building would go like oh no you could hear the whole crowd like no it’s

A bad place at a bad time it is okay he had he had The Yips a bad place at a bad time it tarnished what he had done in average in a triple double four out of five years I don’t don’t think I don’t think it tarnished it at all I think

What you saw was somebody who hadn’t played that style of basketball with a LeBron James remember Brooke was all about it was it I’m the guy go down boom to the cup It’s All About Me shooting Westbrook yeah Westbrook Brook uh just shooting the ball and doing what I want

To do on the offensive end and hustling on the defense he got with the Lakers and it just didn’t work even though they know wanted it to work yeah you wanted it to work but it didn’t work so now you get with a tyo as I said when he joined

The Clippers somebody that can communicate and get him to buy in to what it is that they’re trying to do whether it’s Ty Lou Brian Shaw they know how to communicate and coaching to get him to respond a certain way everybody can’t coach everybody just cuz you’re a

Great play player at something it just doesn’t work like that so I don’t know what Legacy he would be saving what would happen though is if he goes on and wins an NBA title that would be big that’s going to be huge for him cuz he’s going into Basketball Hall of Fame

Regardless but it would be huge to be able to get a ring as an important part of the team we’re not talking about the ninth man the 10th Man 11th man we talking about a guy who’s an important part of the team that would be sweet but

As far as his legacy goes just I quick point of order Russ is averaging a career low 23 minutes for the Clippers so put him down in a situation that he can thrive in that’s coaching what what he’s talking about is he’s going to is

He is he with what he’s doing going to change the the selfishness tag that he may have that’s that’s that’s what that’s what because remember now remember in the triple double even the season he averag a triple double it was like everybody talked about it as Russ just getting

Russ well you know it was Russ but Russ been Russ now now now now I say the answer to the question is yes and I’ll tell you why I say the answer to the question is yes we you thinking Russ is all about Russ and and some of the

Things off the field said Russ don’t care about you Russ just cares about him Russ car you know that he was his own man and he’s old man he don’t take no noise from anybody that’s who Russ has been but to do this when you had that

Going around as your reputation this is different cuz now you you talked about wanting to come home and play in LA you came home to the second team and on the second team of the second team and you happy y you playing well yep and you doing well you know what that’s

Called you know what I mean it’s called coaching and buying right right you said it you said he’ll Buy in tou because he knows tou know how to get me where I want to go you know what I mean and and tou Believes In Me CU tou I’m sure would

Said listen I need you I need you to run that second team I need you to run it he he presented it like it was like this was the most crucial part of the basketball team and we need it we need I remember Darren hamri taking over at

Linebacker one time for someone there H and and and Chan gayy went to him and said Quin corot I thought Quinn corot that quit on us and he said he had retired I call retired went back he said he and Darren hamri came he said man

Mike man coach has told me I’m a start and he said don’t if this way talking to me like that I had to go back to co and said coach come on we need him I go back to CH I said we need him I would I would

Have appreciated if you approached him a little different he said well how do you want me to approach him I said I you could have gone up to him and said Hey listen Quin cor’s not here we we we we’ve been waiting on you and this is

Your opportunity I know you won’t let me down we we we we’re depending on you and just just give him a lift to go into the game you see what I’m saying that’s important that’s what tou does for for Russ And Russ can trust that he can

Trust that he wants what’s best for him and Russ is playing his best ball I’m so he’s only doing that and he he he’s not averaging he’s not averaging a whole bunch of points you talk about 23 minutes 10 11 points game he’s 11 five and game but those are important 11 they

Are because he feels he’s running a unit he’s running a team he’s still getting here yeah but he but the crazy thing about it is he could have been doing that for other teams if they knew how to get him to buy in right it’s all about

The people getting you to buy in okay just remember what happened in Oklahoma City Kevin Durant finally decided and I know this for a fact going into his 10th year he said I cannot win a championship with Russ as my primary decision maker as my point guard that’s okay because

It’s just too wild it’s just too C because four times he led the league in turnovers four more times he was second in the league in turnovers he you want to talk about a turnover machine but nobody plays harder it’s just a little wild it’s just a little crazy and that’s

Okay and that’s okay for KD to say I can’t play alongside of him because of his style because remember Russ is bringing the ball up the court and is it your turn or my turn well a lot of times Russ is just saying I’m going to put my

Head down I’m going to go but he’s a shoot shoot first point guard he’s not Chris Paul okay he’s not shoot first he’s a drive first or whatever Drive first shoot first go in a shot you’re right about that so look at what is done he he drops

His minutes to Career low 23 and the turnovers have dropped to a career low just two a game he’s always been a four aame turnover which is hard to it’s hard to overcome four a game and yet he’s still dead last in the NBA in three-point shooting as we speak and

He’s ranked 114th of 118 in free throw shooting so he’s he’s a liability is a three-point shooter and a liability is the free throw shooter but if you limit that damage if you use him in in the perfect places at the perfect time to ignite your second unit and use his

Energy and his drive and his commitment it will work in smaller doses where he’s not turning the ball over at a crushing rate to your basketball and that’s the part I go back to again it’s all coaching it’s all coaching and understanding I can’t play you 33

Minutes I can only play you 23 and here’s the 23 minutes and here’s the shot attempts like you said sh Skip everything will down come down and for that we’ll be better you’ll be better it it is working and I’ll protect you in the and now we’re not talking about a

Guy in his sixth year either this is not the beginning of Russ’s career listen there are some first ballot cinch Hall of Famers who would not sit still for playing only 23 minutes in a reduced role they just wouldn’t sit still for it they it’d be beneath their dignity they

Just say I’m I’m do you know who I am you know who I am right there are some who just I’m sure I’m sure there probably is but how many championships did they win yeah well let’s see if Russ can pull one off this year because boy

You want to talk about validation I don’t hope I hope he gets one I just hope the Clippers don’t get what let’s just say this to for those of you who don’t know tyoo is one of the greatest dudes in the world is I mean greatest

Jews in the world and by the way speaking of tyo last night at Golden State he got ejected for the first time in his coaching career we discuss next I love T man that’s my No Mercy