Westbrook was never one of my favorite players during most of his prime, but seeing how Westbrook has handled his last few years helped me gain a lot of respect for him.
Sure he never was the lead guy on a championship team, but his competitiveness is amazing. He played his best through all the Lakers drama. Westbrook also put up 37 in a playoff game in the most recent playoffs. I’m quite a huge fan of this late-career Westbrook.
Kobe - when I first started following the NBA as a kid, Kobe was the player I liked to root against. Near the end of his career I had nothing but love for him.
My dad went sour on Simmons within like two years of Simmons entering the league. I thought my dad was just on some boomer shit, but he called almost all the problems Simmons had from a mile away
He called Ben’s nerve issue in his back? That’s interesting. Your dad must be a fucking wizard or something
Even if Ben was always 100% healthy they could have never won with him. You can’t win when every time your pg brings the ball up his man is standing under the basket.
I wish they would have traded him after 2018 or 2019 when his value was really high.
All it takes to build a contender around Embiid is a PG and wing players who can defend and shoot.