[TOMER AZARLY] Russell Westbrook is expected to leave the Clippers in Free Agency.

[u/funnysloth9]

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[u/Diferia]

Suns would easily take him for vet min we need a pg and he fits with brad/KD, can defend and pass, cant think of an easier choice.

[u/DwightKurtShrute69 → u/Diferia]

Russ can defend? When he’s not ball watching maybe lol

[u/DeStupak → u/DwightKurtShrute69]

He can. He just doesn't.

[u/WinterCareful8525 → u/DeStupak]

He was pretty locked in this year. Still ball watches though

[u/AmusingAnecdote → u/WinterCareful8525]

When he is both locked in and on ball, he is a good defender. And he does hunt rebounds, which can end possessions. But the ball watching is atrocious even when he is otherwise locked in (and he's not always locked in).

[u/WinterCareful8525 → u/AmusingAnecdote]

The ball watching is bad. Even when he’s trying. I get the saying now “old habits die hard”

[u/sir_alvarex → u/AmusingAnecdote]

Which is annoying because when he was younger it was his offball defense "when locked in" that made him elite. He'd get caught sleeping every once in awhile - like most players - but he would absolutely take a guy out of the game if he wanted to.

[u/Hot-Insurance7692 → u/sir_alvarex]

Age is his killer and never truly getting his jumpshot in order

[u/m8bear → u/sir_alvarex]

He's just too physical and never learned to play any other way, he can't take a lesser load on offense to be more effective on defense because a lesser load means not running or jumping, he doesn't have a post game, when he blows by you he misses a lot of layups, he never was an off ball cutter or anything other than a ball dominant PG and if he did take a different role, it was always limited you can't expect mid 30's Russ to play like 20 years old Russ.

If he was a mediocre shooter he'd still be effective late into his career, but not even that.

[u/552SD__ → u/AmusingAnecdote]

And he does hunt rebounds, which can end possessions

Hunting rebounds ends whose possessions?

[u/DeStupak → u/552SD__]

Securing the defensive rebound doesn't allow the other team to regain possesion.

[u/552SD__ → u/DeStupak]

Very weird wording