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[Saint Cy of JFC]

Out of Burks and Hayward, who resembles Westbrook's style more?

Equally neither, but might give slight edge to Hayward. Westbrooks relies a lot on his ridiculous combination of strength and explosive ability to get to the rim.

Hayward at least has strength in comparison to Westbrook. Both use their superior positional strength to get to the rim without much fancy dribble work or help from their teams.

I don't find Burks terribly explosive in any context, more a smooth athlete with a good first step and body control. He really relies on a lot of misdirection (almost too much so) to get to the rim with the ball needing to be reversed on an uneven court, rejecting a pick, or driving on bad closeouts.

 

[NAOS]

Equally neither,

I stopped right there. Point being, if most of the world is fine calling Westbrook a PG, then I don't care whether you call Burks one. Or not. Nor do I care whether you allude to Hayward's point guard abilities. Or not.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I stopped right there. Point being, if most of the world is fine calling Westbrook a PG, then I don't care whether you call Burks one. Or not. Nor do I care whether you allude to Hayward's point guard abilities. Or not.

You are really underrating Westbrook's PG abilities.

 

[MDAV28]

You are really underrating Westbrook's PG abilities.

Westbrook is 100% without any question a PG, and a top 3 one as well.

 

[NAOS]

Westbrook is 100% without any question a PG, and a top 3 one as well.

from day 1? Or, has he become one?

I remember when he led the league in turnovers and looked pretty ****ty.

 

[NAOS]

You are really underrating Westbrook's PG abilities.

you're really stretching what I'm saying. I'm not doubting that Westbrook is super skilled.

 

[MDAV28]

from day 1? Or, has he become one?

I remember when he led the league in turnovers and looked pretty ****ty.

He has been a PG since day 1 yes. He has obviously become a better PG but he has always been a PG. He proved the notion wrong that he wasn't a "true point guard" coming out of college.

 

[NAOS]

He has been a PG since day 1 yes. He has obviously become a better PG but he has always been a PG. He proved the notion wrong that he wasn't a "true point guard" coming out of college.

I disagree.

Coming out of college, he was no more of a traditional point guard (using the language of the day) than Burks was coming out of college. And I don't think he has much better court vision to this day.