After the Rockets exchanged Westbrook for Wall, American media reported that Westbrook resolutely asked to leave because they were dissatisfied with the Rockets' failure to let him in the playoffs. In the end, the Rockets promoted the trade and bought Wall.
For the time being, whether the Rockets will return to Wall will be rewarded? For Westbrook alone, is the Rockets really wrong to blame him?
In fact, the Rockets really did nothing wrong. The team lost to the Lakers led by James in the semi-finals of the playoffs last season. Westbrook's poor performance was considered by the team to be backed up. It was a very normal result because Westbrook's performance was indeed poor.
Last season, Westbrook averaged 27.2 points, 7.9 rebounds and 7 assists per game in the regular season and hit 47.2%. But entering the playoffs, Westbrook missed the Rockets' first 4 playoff games due to the new crown infection. After the comeback, the state was also very poor, averaging only 17.5 points, 7 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game, and the shooting percentage fell to only 42.1. %. In the
playoffs, Westbrook averaged 32.8 minutes per game, not much different from the regular season. At the same time, he averaged 17.5 shots per game, second only to Harden in the Rockets, but his performance is still far behind Harden, who averaged 29.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 7.7 assists per game. Although it looks very hard, Westbrook is not very effective on both offense and defense. If Harden did not perform well in the playoffs last season, then Westbrook's performance is even less impressive.
Moreover, at the critical moment of last season's playoffs, Westbrook was even more depressed. According to the official definition of the NBA, the critical moment refers to the moment when the score difference is within 5 points from the last 5 minutes of the fourth quarter to the end of the game. During this time period, Harden averaged 3.2 points in 4.3 minutes per game and a 54.5% field goal percentage. But what about Westbrook? He averaged 3.3 minutes per game, 0.7 points per game and 14.3% shooting. The overall performance of
in the playoffs was poor, and the performance was even worse at critical moments. Last season, Westbrook's contract was $38.5 million, higher than Harden's $38.19 million. With such a high salary, so much playing time and shots, the performance is so poor. In the end, the Rockets let Westbrook take the blame, is it really wrong to him? Obviously not.
is fine now, Westbrook is not playing well with the Rockets, so it's better to leave. It's just that whether he can break out in the Wizards is still in doubt. After all, the Wizards also have their own owner-Bill, where he can't help but decide.
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