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The Lakers Big 3 of LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook have led the team to a below .500 record all season long as they continue to scratch and claw for the 8th seed in the Western Conference.
All eyes have been on Russell Westbrook who appears to have no idea how to play basketball. In fact, he looks like the basketball weighs 1,000 pounds in his hands as he struggles to dribble, pass and shoot—the 3 things that every NBA point guard should probably be able to do. But that’s the brilliance of watching him play. That’s the art of it all.
Two minutes of Russell Westbrook not hitting the rim 😳🔥😭 ( Westbrick )
Trade Westbrook ; Westbrook airball pic.twitter.com/hHcS9I9SmO
— Jordan Nichols (@JordanN1333272) January 6, 2022
Two extraordinary minutes of Westbrook attempting the same exact shot over and over and over and over and bricking every single one. Like, not one of those shots came close to going into the basket and there’s something truly special about being that bad so consistently.
The way he stalks his defender attempting to get him off balance even though the defender knows the 33-year old Westbrook with annual offseason knee surgeries is never going to just blow past him to the rim.
The one dribble into a skip/side step thing that gets absolutely no separation from the defender. No defender is ever caught off guard. They literally always have a hand in his face. Every single one of these shots is contested.
The fact that Westbrook is clearly trying to bank all of these shots off the backboard from the worst angle and continually misses the square window above the rim and instead, rockets the ball off the top and side of the entire backboard like he’s shooting with his eyes closed or trying to get his own rebound for a self alley-oop like Tracy McGrady.
But the best part of the whole act of bricklaying is the insane confidence. The way he’ll leave his hand in the air like Kobe even though that follow-through makes no sense when you’re aiming for the backboard.
If you make it to the NBA, you can almost always tell when your jumper is off and you’ll see players run for their own rebound but not Westbrook, he sits in his follow-through despite the ball airballing and missing the rim by miles.
Knowing Westbrook, he probably jogs back on defense like he didn’t just embarrass himself. We should all strive to achieve that level of confidence where we can’t even fathom the idea of failure.
After years of mocking Westbrook and his irrationally loyal fans, I now understand why Russ is so beloved. He’s an inspiration to every person who sucks at their job but keeps going back every single day expecting a different outcome. He is the king of mid and I now have nothing but respect for my king.
