You dropped the ball off for Travis Scott NBA 2K MT Coins , you have J. Cole on the cover, you held Lil Wayne at your launch event What's the best way to make those connections?Barnes who is a 15-year professional who played two seasons with the Kobe Bryant/Pau Gasol Lakers and noted that he hosted two events to launch the 2K series recently and that Westbrook's position was one of the most discussed facts about 2K23 of the night. "I thinkthat, even though Russ went through an offseason last year, I believe his rating is way too low," Barnes opined. I believe Pat Bev is right there..."A 79 is a decent ranking but Russ's ranking is too low."

If 79 is good, wouldn't 78 be as well? Beverley is an outstanding defender and a good three-point shooter. Westbrook might be a better player (at at the very least, during the initial 40 minutes of a game) and rebounder, statistics that a videogame would be able to reward, but he's definitively not an "better" performer than Beverley at the current stage of their respective careers. "Russ however, no matter how much you doubt his abilities and you point out his limitations, I do think he still performs," Ogwumike contended on the program. "

He shows up He'll give you at minimum 20 pointspossibly 8 or so [assists? rebounds? unclear]. "Of course, the majority of that production comes as an direct result of Westbrook turning his back on or abusing wide-open teammates , and thus generating small-scale heaves in traffic. In the role of the center of an offensive team that 6-foot-3" UCLA product is now an unproductive detriment to his team's success.

The demise of Westbrook was swiftly wrought. He was an unremarkable All-Star in his 2018-19 NBA campaign with James Harden's Houston Rockets. However, even that type of Westbrook is gone now. His shortcomings outweigh his strengths. Yes, he still puts up numbers (though even then , those numbers are decreasing), but he is probably going to be best-used in the near future as an spark plug from the bench facing off against teams' second units rather than as a starter.

The media's view of Westbrook is much more powerful than his actual night-in, night-out contributions should reflect. I'm certainly not the first to say this although it's similar to the downfall of Allen Iverson, who bristled at the idea of getting off the bench until he was out of the game entirely.There's still time to allow Russell Westbrook to avoid the similar fate, if he's willing to Buy MT 2K23 go that route.