![]() ![]() We then filtered the results by Box Plus/Minus, which is a reliable stat for ranking players (for example, the top five players in the NBA this season in BPM are Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Joel Embiid, Luka Doncic and LeBron James, the five front-runners for MVP). Players had to have a usage rate of at least 27% and had to play at least 32 minutes per game (exactly 75% or more of the overall minutes in a game). Westbrook is averaging 34.3 minutes per game with a 27.2% usage rate (that is low compared to the rest of his career). MUST-READ: Every Laker to record a triple-double Players who had high usage rates, meaning that their poor play was not just impacting them, but having the maximum negative impact it could have on their team. We also wanted to find players who demanded the ball. ![]() There are different expectations for role players and someone struggling in 20 minutes per game is not the same as Westbrook struggling in his minutes per game. ![]() So how did we come to this conclusion to grade the seasons? First of all, we did not want to include role players in this list. Only six players in NBA history have had a worse season than Russell Westbrook. It is one of the worst seasons of all time. Westbrook has been awful this season and it just isn’t a bad year. Those that have watched the Lakers this season know that his box-score numbers mean nothing. That is almost a triple-double, the holy grail of NBA statistics! After all, he is averaging 17.9 points, 7.4 rebounds and 7.0 assists per game. Those that just glance at the box score may not think Westbrook is having a bad season. The result is the atrocity that you have seen this season a Lakers team that will struggle to get into the Play-In Game and won’t win a playoff series despite having two All-NBA guys on the roster in LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Not only is he an awful fit next to LeBron James, but his contract restricted the team from bringing in the quality depth. Westbrook clearly doesn’t mesh with what the Lakers have and is one of the highest-paid players in the league. It did not happen at the deadline and Rob Pelinka is going to make phone call after phone call to try and find a suitor for Westbrook this offseason. Trading for Russell Westbrook has been a disaster for the Los Angeles Lakers with just about everyone in the organization reportedly being interested in trading him. ![]()
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