fishonjazz
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Fair enough.Since the trade Kanter is the most assisted target of RW. 24.6% of RW's assists come from makes by Enes Kanter. The second highest is Serge Ibaka at 16.0%. The next highest Dion at 11.5%.
Since the Ibaka injury Kanter has been the cause of 29.6% of RW assists. The second highest is Steven Adams at 18%. Dion at 14.8%. Everyone else is below double digit.
During the stretch when both Kanter and Ibaka were playing. Ibaka had 28.6% of RW's assists while Kanter had 21.7%. No one else is even double digit. Literally half of his assists came from the two bigmen.
Literally over a quarter of RW's assists since the Ibaka injury have come through Kanter. At the very least Kanter impacts positively to RW in some way offensively. Could maybe argue RW is more comfortable with taking shots knowing Kanter can rebound them at an elite rate. Also Kanter probably provides one of the largest amount of gravity in the NBA for a center. I remember an assist he had to Anthony Marrow where Kanter was literally triple teamed about 15 ft from the basket.
So since westbrooks great play is credited to kanter, and not just westbrook getting hot and playing out of his mind for a stretch, then we should see westbrook gets a bunch more triple doubles to end the year since kanter is still his teammate