What Really Happened To Russell Westbrook? 

Russ did have a bad last year but averaging 23.9 in the playoffs looks like he's making a comeback

Ya know, I always thought the downfall of Russ started when he became Mr. Triple Double. I don't even mean taking rebounds away from Centers, him getting boards meant the pace getting pushed, I mean inflated assist numbers. He was a scorer at his best, early on in his career it was understood he wasn't the guy who should average 10 assists, that's not what he was good at. He's not a great passer and he makes a lot of turnovers, not to mention making guys just stand in the corner and tossing grenades to them. Houston was some of the best ball he played. People forget he was injured in the playoffs and D'Antoni's extreme small ball experiment didn't help that team none

I think the Brodie on the Clippers was a really good move on their part. Even though they got eliminated in the quarterfinals, I like what I saw from Russ for the most part. He wasn’t too wild & out of control trying to drive to the paint just to turn it over. Shot the ball good for his standards. I think we saw just about the best ball Russ has left to play in him during that playoff run this past season. Almost reminded me of early OKC Russ.

Tbf i feel like westbrook still has game its just that his teams don’t utilize his strengths

I think you've misunderstood 9:15. Outside of the Lakers, it was Russ who requested a trade out of every team he was on. I think Russ' current spot with the Clippers will finally help him achieve great things now, especially after he backpacked a Kawhi & PG-less Clipper squad to nearly beating the Suns

Damn. I thought you were some big RU-vidr until I saw your sub count. Your editing is insane for a small content creator.

Wow I just stumbled upon this video and had to subscribe immediately, I hope you get a lot of success doing this! 😊

after seeing what he is doing in the playoffs, I think russ is back

You deserve way more subs i love your editing style.

Russ was playing PF vs the sixers btw with Raul neto at sf😂

Underrated asf. Best basketball video ive seen in a while

Westbrook is the bomb, the clippers stole him, now they're gonna get a ring.😊

6:37 “Oscar robinson” 😂😂

Nice video bro.. straight to the point 💪🏽

Damn you are an amazing youtuber

one of most talented player in this generation, sadly his gameplay is one of the hardest to evolve

I feel like he’s getting better on the clippers and he might even be bringing back the okc Russ

underrated.

here before bro blows up

I knew that the NBA was trying to discard Russell Westbrook when he didn’t make an all NBA team while averaging a triple double in Washington, but they gave it to kyrie Irvin who was trying to do everything he could not to play basketball that year. Trust me I know because I live in Brooklyn.

In my opinion, Russell has that Mamba mentality fans salivate over. He just doesn't possess Kobe's psychopathic obsession to constantly improve, which also made Kobe an American treasure.

Westbrook just wasn't a right fit with the Lakers. Westbrook with the Clippers looks like a perfect fit.

Westbrook ballin bro

8:46 “Conceding the series in only four games”?? I mean, yes they lost but come on. Rockets won the first game against the Lakers in 2020 playoff. You gotta take this seriously.

I’m not sure if I’m in the “vast minority” but Russell Westbrook is still an great player. He might not be top 5 like he used to be once upon a time… but his name gets drug through the mud like no other… plenty of us out here still love Russ! Westbrook is a DAWG!

Good video, i just dont understand this video format where yall go through the entire history of a player before getting to the point of the video.

WESTBROOK JUST NEEDED TO GET AWAY FROM LEBRON AN HIS PROBLEM WAS SOLVED 💯

So sad to see bro. One of my favorite players still

russell westbrook has a top ten prime

for most elite players, playing with LeBron's planet- sized ego is not a good fit. only Davis has ever stuck it out and that's only cause LE GM didn't have him traded cause HE NEEDS HELP.

Lol not Oscar Robinson, but Oscar Robertson

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Westbrook needed better coaching early in his career, he was a kid that needed direction and molding, OKC just let the beast

Can't help who's game you love.

He's considered an " all-time great " as far as his statistics. But teams have finally figured out just how inefficient and not suited to winning those empty stats were. Name me an all-time great that has been traded, what ? 6 times in the last 8 years ?

Wow i thought you only do apex content wow recommend is crazy

I don't think anything happened to Russ he just naturally regressed like most players do when they turn 34, he is still an amazing player, who I think can help a team win in the right system

wow sweatband I didn't know you had a sports channel. Cool

Hes lost a step or two and couldn’t balance out his always bad decision making and shooting as well anymore … now on the clippers he’s at about 20 minutes per game I think and has turned I to an effort guy off the bench basically and that’s about the only role that suits him at all right now

It's Robertson. Oscar Robertson

Rockets trading Capella was a lost chance. They would have made it that year

He has no skills. No fundamentals, bad ball handling, makes bad decisions and has one of the worst midrange games. He is 3rd all time leader in turnovers, 30% from the 3, and has one of the worst mid range game in history. He has to consistently take over 20 shots and make 8 of them to get double figure scoring. He is basically a really good athlete that doesn't know how to play the game. Being on the lakers put him in the spotlight. When he went on the Lakers, I was not surprised at his performance while everyone else was. I remember I like Durant and would watch OKC. Westbrick was no different on any other team than he was on the lakers. And he is still going to be awful on the clippers. He was coddled by fans and the league to, thus never sought the need to improve on any part of his game. People who like westbrook, don't understand how the sport is played. Westbrook sacrifices defense to get the rebounds from the bigs. He tries to pad his stats by passing up good shots to make a bad assist that get stolen a lot. He is god awful on transition. He does not play winning basketball. Any team he is on, he will make worse. Look at Denver.....you really think they would take someone like westbrick? He would ruin their offense and cohesiveness just to get his numbers.

now he dropping 30 a night 😹

You know what happened to Russ??? He teamed up with the the superstar killer LeFlop. Yes, I know that y'all know LeFlop does not make his teammates better, he's the real stat padder. KD had his MVP playing with Russ. PG and Beal had their best years playing with Russ. When he played in LA, all the negative spotlight was thrown at Russ' way, taking it away from Bronny so that he'll look better even though it was evident LeFlop was also not doing great during those times. AD was carrying the team during LeBums stat padding his way to the scoring record. And yet all blame was still pointed out to Russ because LeGM's media machine was pushing for it. Yeah LeFakeKing has paid media to push hi "GoAtZ'' narrative. LeDiva got an "injury" that magically went away when he found out that they have a chance to make the playoffs??? LMAO! And even a lot of his haters still deny it, all evidence point to it. When Russ got traded he started playing better right away! I've got more respect for Russ than any Fake King.

Mark my words the exact same thing is going to happen to Bradly Beal this season because for the first time in his career he is a 3rd option and he isn’t the 1st or even 2nd I expect his numbers to drop drastically and for him to get memed to death by social media with nick names like Westbrick but way worse

Bro I really miss prime russ

No wonder he played shit on LA, he is an inside threat. Teaming with bron and Ad who are predominantly inside players makes 0 logical sense

he redeemed himself on the clippers

The Lakers are now in the WCF since Russ left, while he's out of the playoffs with the Clippers. Pretty damning evidence for his toxicity and role as an albatross for any team in the league.

The Clipper were the only team that took Russ, and people made fun of the Clippers for it and now he's carrying them in the playoffs

In baseball it's called the yipps its all in the mind

Why do you sound like sweatbands bro 🤔🤔

Russ is incredibly good. His only bad year was the year in LAL. He’s a top 5 point guard of all time.

Shit cray!

Jokic gonna get Russ a ring!

Nba really be acting like players don’t get old wtf he’s a borderline all star not a superstar anymore of course he’s not good as some of his peers like Steph or Kd n Bron cause he was never on their level fans act like there isn’t one team that wins it all every yr and one person who wins mvp players get better sum get worst it’s called life 😂

Westbrick

This isn't an apex video 🤔

he is the goat

I love Westbrook man

Also 1st In Clutch Buckets Give Brodie Touches in The Last 2mins of the Game💯

i'm the #1 westbrook lover/fan and he has been going crazy but he was being held back by LeBum

ATHLETICISM DOES NOT LAST LONG OR FOREVER

He got old and lost half a step

I thought this was the apex legends youtube channel, what happened?

Nbs it’s lebron fault and the head coach that decided not to be a coach

In another era they'd have called him Reggie Theus.

Only lebron and laker fans thought that trio would work lmao EVERYONE else knew they’d be ass

lakers tried to turn him into a shooter when hes not if lakers would have let him run the court hed be helping them to a ring at this moment in time

Oscar Robinson...

5:22

This man thinks all this was recent? Russel been an overrated shot chucker since before he was in the league. Stop the cap. This man was never efficient. Idc if you score 100 points a game.. if you gotta shoot the ball 85 times it really ain't cutting it.

for you acc

Eh nothing really he was still way above average player until he joined a dead lakers with a lockeroom full of ego. Then ended up at clippers and slowly got back into the same form again. Pretty simple and short version of it atleast.

I really have never liked watching him play.

Here in 2024.. Russ is out there winning 😂

He got OLD! He's like 34 now! There! He's old! He's not as fast or as agile cause he's not 22!!!! Cmon guys. This is dumb

I find it hard to believe this man ever worked on his shot

Thank lebloke. After asking for him, he pushed him off the bus😂

Heres why Russ is having a downfall. New team, new team mates, new coaches, new system, new fans, more cutthroat fans to add to that, and far higher pressure... new city, new arena, new school for kids, new house to move into. Yeah that's a lot for anyone to take in isn't it? I don't like Russ, but even I feel for him. Wish everyone would see it for what it is already and stop slandering the man for going out there on 1mil a year and putting up numbers even 10mil a year isn't.

Lebron And old age

He was never good, he was a stat padder with horrible percentages. Who’s team would avoid make plays so Russ could get his personal stats higher. Now that he’s in a system that no longer babies him, everyone gets to see him for what he is. A benchwarmer lucky to not be in the G league.

His body isn’t working like it did Beacuse he’s aging

What REALLY happened tho ?? 😂😊

Westbrick padding his stats instead of winning

Westbrook is that NBA player that keeps flopping and has that angry, blame the other players look

He’s already started to learn Chinese language.

He always played with no brain. He depended on this athleticism but now he’s old.

westbrick

Russ is my favorite ninja turtle!

Westbrook needs a Shaq and a Derek Fisher. Then he will get that ring.

what are you talking about westbrook is so good on the clippers

hes bouncing back with the clippers

Contrary to popular belief, I don’t think Russ played better off the bench. His numbers were lower and his shooting averages were worse

He was also hurt game 1 against the 76ers

He starting to come back though👀

Nah this type of content will do numbers bro.

He didn't received career ending injuries, but he actually accumulated some injuries that later on changed the way he plays.

The worst decision after their championship season was moving Harden. Imagine how dominant Thunder would have been for that next decade with their very own homebuilt big-three. It was the key to success for so many contemporary teams of that time, think Spurs, Heat, Warriors, Celtics, and Lebron's second run with the Cavs.

Russel Westbrook is still a good player, imo he's a top 10 pg, he just didn't fit well for the lakers. Man, I love russ bro

isnt he playing great right now?