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Originally Posted by BGMaverick9
He was extremely formidable as a pull-up shooter off the elbow. The pick and roll really killed teams, like Dallas, with Westbrook as he showed that he had the capability of hitting that shot. Even with that, he's absolutely relentless as an attacker towards the rim. The next step for him on offense is developing that Tony Parker floater. If he can get that and continue to develop as a spot-up shooter, he'll be absolute murder.
With the pieces OKC has, I don't think they need Westbrook to be a pure or true PG. The fact of the matter is that concept of a pure PG is a dying breed. What they do need is some form of offense. They just rely on their scorer's to break through tough defenses on their own.
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That pull-up is what I saw as an improvement. Attacking..he was already phenomenal at that. A floater can't hurt, but until his explosiveness starts to ebb I wouldn't expect it to make much of an impact on his overall effectiveness.
As for him being a pure point, I agree they don't need that. They do need him to get better at delivering the ball to Durant, though.
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