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Originally Posted by BPo001
Normally you would say that’s terrible shot selection, but I think I read Dame was 8-12 that series on shots beyond 30 ft.
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It's amazing how quickly these shots became the norm for certain players. It's not a good shot for 95% of the league, but you suddenly have to start guarding certain specialists at halfcourt. So I'd agree that it's still a "bad shot" considering all players in the league, but math suggests it wasn't in this series/season for this player. However, let's give it five years or so to build some sample size.
Also I dislike how much everyone is crapping on Westbrook. I don't particularly like him or his antics, but I'd much rather have a loyal player try to carry a franchise than what we're seeing from these Klutch motherfuckers and company lately. RWB had tough luck to some degree (traded Harden, Durant chose the Nazgul path), but you can't question that he plays hard every night. And he stuck to a small market when he had the chance to run away.
For the same reason Dame deserves all the success he's having right now. Hard worker and might be one of the last players that could actually play out his career with one team.