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**croco** · 07-12-2008, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by MrJayremmie

Summer league proved that Westbrook can play PG, imo. That was the knock on him.

He shot well, played good defense, played PG well, and created for himself and others. That is a good sign. Whether you do it in summer league, pre-season or the playoffs, those are good signs.

I always thought R-dub was going to be really good. He has all the tools. Get off his back. He is doing everything right so far. He had good workouts and worked his way into a high draft pick, good practices and played very well in summer league. IDK how you can be down on the guy.

I'm not down on him, I have never been high on him to begin with. I'm not saying he is not an NBA caliber player, but you don't draft a point guard for his defense #4 overall. He is a point guard, he just isn't very good at it. How can he prove he is good enough when he is not playing in NBA games ? He could put up 30/5/10 in the Summer League and it wouldn't mean much.

MrJayremmie · 07-12-2008, 11:02 AM

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He is a point guard, he just isn't very good at it.

really? So him leading the Pac-10 in assists when he was playing PG isn't good at it? Him playing PG in the final 4 vs. Memphis when Rose abused Collison and playing EXTREMELY well on both sides of the ball isn't being good at it? Him balling it up in workouts and summer league isn't good at it?

I really question how much you have actually seen him play or are just going on what you have read.

The kid can ball, period.

He did everything he was asked to do in UCLA, and excelled at all of them. He did whatever the team needed to win and never complained. He could have easily been a 20ppg+ scorer if he wanted to, but was the 3rd or 4th option and instead took the defensive stopper role, and played PG and scored when needed.

**croco** · 07-12-2008, 11:13 AM

Your problem is that you keep referring to college basketball when I'm projecting how he will look in the pros. Continue to hype him if you want to.

MrJayremmie · 07-12-2008, 11:18 AM

I'm not hyping him, i'm just defending him. I think he is and will be a good NBA player.

oksportsguy · 07-12-2008, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by MrJayremmie

Are you the first OKC fan?

I don't know is that a problem?

MrJayremmie · 07-12-2008, 02:17 PM

no, it was a question. I haven't seen any OKC fans around here. Hopefully they start joining.

oksportsguy · 07-12-2008, 02:26 PM

Just asking. There will be more as they find out about it. Some are just finding a new interest in the NBA. I just never spent much time on message boards. I work at home now.

MrJayremmie · 07-12-2008, 02:35 PM

awesome man. You will like it here. Its not a dumb and annoying message board with a lot of trolls like ESPN. You can actually have really good conversations here. Its like a community here. Lots of cool people.

**croco** · 07-12-2008, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by MrJayremmie

awesome man. You will like it here. Its not a dumb and annoying message board with a lot of trolls like ESPN. You can actually have really good conversations here. Its like a community here. Lots of cool people.

Yeah, although we tend to disagree sometimes

MrJayremmie · 07-12-2008, 04:07 PM

Heh, yea. Its all opinions though, its not like someone is right or wrong.

It was really good when i stumbled across this place to find a place that I could talk bball with knowledgable fans.

If you ever were on the NBA board on ESPN.com... well, i don't think i want to talk about that.

oksportsguy · 07-12-2008, 04:10 PM

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Yeah, although we tend to disagree sometimes

I've kinda figured out thats what this is all about, wouldn't be much of a message board if everyone agreed. But your talking to an OSU fan in an OU state, we do love our sports.

oksportsguy · 07-12-2008, 04:14 PM

So we're talking about the merits of glorified pick up games...

MrJayremmie · 07-12-2008, 04:18 PM

pretty much.

I like summer league just because around this time i'm going through serious NBA withdrawals.

OKC was damn impressive. They will be better next season and i really like their core. I really hope that the city supports this team.

**croco** · 07-12-2008, 04:29 PM

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I've kinda figured out thats what this is all about, wouldn't be much of a message board if everyone agreed. But your talking to an OSU fan in an OU state, we do love our sports.

A bit off-topic, but tell other people online or offline about this place. There aren't a lot of forums for the OKC basketball team right now and you could always pride yourself with being the first or one of the first to join looking back in a few years.

oksportsguy · 07-12-2008, 04:31 PM

I don't think there is going to be a problem with getting people to the games. We're talking about a parade just to welcome the players. I do know that we had 11,000 people call to get on the season ticket list in the first 24 hours. People in Kansas were calling.

The thing I was really impressed with was the chemistry the players showed.

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