Westbrook vs prime AI

[JebronLames]

Westbrook this season is playing at a higher level than Ai ever did. If you disagree then you need to take the nostalgia glasses off.

[magnax1]

AI's probably the better scorer, but WB is better at everything else at this point. Well, except for the fact that he's still kind of an idiot.

[greatest-ever]

Westbrook couldnt win a ring with harden and durant on his team....you know what if you want to be stupid knock yourself out im not debating this dumb shit no more have fun

And none of them were in their prime yet dumbass, plus they were up against Peak Lebron, and Wade at the tail end of his prime.

[tgan3]

Westbrook is the new AI.

[GreggPopazit]

Westbrook trying to carry his team leads to great stats, but several losses and needs OT to beat an intentionally tanking team.

Iverson carried his team to the Finals.

[greatest-ever]

Westbrook trying to carry his team leads to great stats, but several losses and needs OT to beat an intentionally tanking team.

Iverson carried his team to the Finals.

Yeah in a joke of a conference, and had the DPOY on his squad. Look ai had a nice run but lets not act like he was on some diff level than Westbrook. You're using narratives to prop up ai, its disingenuous.

[ILLsmak]

Yeah in a joke of a conference, and had the DPOY on his squad. Look ai had a nice run but lets not act like he was on some diff level than Westbrook. You're using narratives to prop up ai, its disingenuous.

"and the sixth man" and the coach of the year, even, right? Some of that was because of Iverson, tho.

I don't think I've ever seen a 'good team' like the 6ers that had nobody that could make a J. They were a historically bad offensive team. Comparing them to Rose Bulls is stupid because they had shooters and even some some-what finishers. Like I said go back and watch some of those games and you'll see them throwing the ball off the side of the backboard and shit when Iverson isn't shooting.

Can't compare any team to that team... no matter how 'good' they were on D. And they had a pretty good defensive squad, but let's not act like it was an all-time great team on D. They were so bad on offense. Like I said... absolutely shit.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PHI/2001.html

look at that shit. they were one of the worst 3 point shooting teams in the league. Revisionist history is trying to shit on that run.

Now, Westbrook is balling so I'm not gonna compare them atm. We'll see how it turns out at the end of the year. If he makes it to the Finals then we can compare the years. Cuz no matter 'how bad the east was then', Westbrook's team is that much better than AIs.

-Smak

[Bigsmoke]

Westbrook this season better than Iverson ever was

[warriorfan]

A.I. in today's rules with no hand-checking would blow Westbrook out of the water

[theaussieguy]

Westbrook this season better than Iverson ever was

bullsh!t, iverson at 5'10 led a scrubtacular team to the phucking finals, lets say durant doesnt come back this season, there's noway WB leads his team to the finals despite having a far better supporting cast.

People forget how dominant prime AI was.


Also keep in mind Westbrook only has a 36.5 inch vertical where as AI had a 40+ inch vertical and was one of the fastest players of all time.

[greatest-ever]

bullsh!t, iverson at 5'10 led a scrubtacular team to the phucking finals, lets say durant doesnt come back this season, there's noway WB leads his team to the finals despite having a far better supporting cast.

People forget how dominant prime AI was.


Also keep in mind Westbrook only has a 36.5 inch vertical where as AI had a 40+ inch vertical and was one of the fastest players of all time.

Yeah Ai was so dominant with his typical 40 fg% and 50 ts%

Westbrook is not only more efficient than Ai usually was but hes getting more assists and rebounds than ai ever did. Better and longer defender too.

Take the nostalgia glasses off pal.

[Jlamb47]

Lol at all these people saying Iverson went to Finals....So did Westbrook, and Durant and Harden werent close to the players they are now. Everyone talks about having Kd and Harden and they were in young 20's. Westbrook > AI
He impacts the game alot more then Iverson has and Iverson was one of my favorite players.

[hateraid]

This. So sick of all those revisionist.
If Westbrook had a team built around him in the East (say he has Rose's Bulls), he would've put up similar stats and got to the finals at least once by now.

Hell no. Iverson was a multiple scoring champ! He was a big game closer. He was unstoppable in soo many ways.
Westbrook would never lead the league in scoring and has shown he can disappear in big games. Dropping 49 on Canaan and Ish Smith and now he's the greatest scoring PG of all-time? C'mon now

[Cold soul]

Westbrook is playing at higher level right now than Iverson ever did.

[hateraid]

Yeah in a joke of a conference, and had the DPOY on his squad. Look ai had a nice run but lets not act like he was on some diff level than Westbrook. You're using narratives to prop up ai, its disingenuous.

Mutombo didn't join the team until after the all-star break and the Sixers still had the best record in the league by a good margin. The year before they had one of the best turn arounds in franchise history. This is with Theo Ratliff and Matt Geiger as their centers. Their second best player was Aaron McKie. Eric Snow was their starting PG and they had no legitimate deep threats on the team. He was not on a stacked team and replacing Ratliff with Mutombo is not a crazy upgrade by any means. Iverson did carry a far less superior team.
AI may have not had the percentages, but he scored at will and finished strong. He is by far a tougher, more competitive player. He was an MVP in a league that had Shaq and Kobe. WB still isn't even the best player on his own team. Prime AI would make a case over Durant as best player on the team.
No nostalgia glasses made me come up with that. AI isn't even too far removed for that term. His prime was with guys who are currently still competing. Come at people with that term when they bring up players like Tim Hardaway, Penny Hardaway, Kevin Johnson....to compare