“Too bad LeBron James will have to do everything for the Lakers while he simply stands in the corner!”: NBA Twitter explodes as Russell Westbrook shares a video of him making deep threes

Tonoy Sengupta | 30/08/2021
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Lakers superstar Russell Westbrook reveals a video of him draining deep threes, and NBA Twitter doesn’t know how to react

 

When it comes to shooting threes, Russell Westbrook has a supreme level of confidence in himself. Sometimes that’s good, because of course you don’t want him to be a shorter Ben Simmons when it matters most. But at the same time, because of that confidence, the player also sometimes ends up taking some really bad shots from beyond the arc.

Last season, to a certain degree he was allowed to do that since he was essentially the primary ball handler. However, with LeBron James and Anthony Davis ahead of him this time around, he’ll be getting far fewer shots. And as part of the big three, he’ going to expected to make most of his shots, day-in ad day-out, no matter where he shoots them from. And it seems even the Brodie himself understands that.

Recently, the Lakers guard posted a video of him practicing his threes in an empty gym. But while that will hype Lakers fans up, the rest of the NBA community had more of a mixed reaction it.

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NBA Twitter can’t decide between clowning on or praising Russell Westbrook

Before we say anything else, one thing must be made clear.

Russell Westbrook should be praised here, more than anything else. At the end of the day, he could have just stopped practicing his threes. We all know it really isn’t his forte, and the world even clowns him for it. However, the star still goes alone into a gym just to get his shots up from deep. And for those who haven’t seen the clip in question, take a look at the tweet below.

It’s a bit hard to tell if the three-point line given there is the NBA three, or one that stands a bit closer to the bucket. But, it seems none of that mattered for NBA Twitter, as it gives us some extreme reactions from both ends of the spectrum. Here are just some of them.

This is probably a pretty accurate example of how the NBA community feels about Russell Westbrook right now. A big part of it hates how he plays, but there is also another massive section that absolutely adores his playstyle.

So which section of fans will Russ prove right? Is his jumper going to be wet like water? Or is this a Ben Simmons level offseason scam?

Only time will tell.

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Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta is a Senior Editor at The SportsRush. Coming from an athletically inclined family, he has been surrounded by sports ever since he was 4 years old. But, while initially pouring all his time into Football (soccer), at 14, Tonoy discovered basketball through the countless highlights of Stephen Curry humiliating players from Curry Land. And just like that, a fiery passion for the game was ignited within Tonoy. And soon after, he decided to become a student of journalism, graduating in 2022, and choosing sports as his area of interest. Today, you can find him spending 99% of his time browsing through every type of content on every team in the NBA, before uncorking everything he has found to the world. In the 1% he isn't doing this, you can find him playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball, or practically any other sport he has had the opportunity to learn.

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