i never said he was better then billups, but his numbers are

Brooks going tough-love? I think it is time in general for most of the players.

I don’t know if he’d get better faster with more time but that seems more likely to work. Thabo’s shot stopped falling too so that isn’t a strong reason not to.

Aside from you, Jim Traber and a few other hypersensitive “Chicken Littles” everyone one else (including the press) sees Westbrook for what he is: a developing player.

f5alcon :The reason we beat the clippers lasts wed was because we shut down kaman, that didnt happen last night, he destroyed us in the post. This was the back end of a back to back, and 4th in 6 days, it would be nice if ibaka,dj and livingston all played 5-10 mins this game, to cut minutes for the starters and regular bench players. Everybody except durant shot poorly and we cant win like that, comes back to our need of a post player then can score a few points to get the defense to collapse.
The expectations for the team are too high, we cant win every close game, and at least they are close and we are in them to the end, much better then last year where we didnt have a chance by the 4th quarter. A 5-5 start is much better then most predicted to happen.
As for all the westbrook hate, yes he makes bad decisions, he is young, and brooks let him do what he wants. But his numbers are good, he is 6th in the league in assists, nash,deron Williams, rondo, kidd and chris paul are the only players with a higher average. Thats pretty good company, and is better then players like billups, jameer nelson, mo williams, who are or were all stars. He is 8th in points for PGs, as the 3rd scoring option on the team, He is leading the league in Rebounds per game for PG. There is not another PG in the league who is top 10 in all three of those categories, not chris paul, nash, nobody.

He is not better than Billups – the other two (Williams and Nelson) are debatable . . . Billups almost singlehandedly changed the mindset of the Nuggets – you can’t just go off numbers . . .

The expectations for the team are too high, we cant win every close game, and at least they are close and we are in them to the end, much better then last year where we didnt have a chance by the 4th quarter. A 5-5 start is much better then most predicted to happen.

As for all the westbrook hate, yes he makes bad decisions, he is young, and brooks let him do what he wants. But his numbers are good, he is 6th in the league in assists, nash,deron Williams, rondo, kidd and chris paul are the only players with a higher average. Thats pretty good company, and is better then players like billups, jameer nelson, mo williams, who are or were all stars. He is 8th in points for PGs, as the 3rd scoring option on the team, He is leading the league in Rebounds per game for PG. There is not another PG in the league who is top 10 in all three of those categories, not chris paul, nash, nobody.