LMFAOOOOO. It will never end.

Russell Westbrook scores a 23 triole double and this guy thinks it's smart for him to come of the bench. He's the best player on the team.

“If we bring our best player off the bench, he’s a cheat code against 2nd units” Be fr bro….

I’ll never understand why they ain’t sign Russ to the at money over dennis I hate how the media has done Russ no off court problems just made up narratives since that bullshit lakers run

Yup very unfortunate

This is actually a joke bro

Im gonna lose my mind…

Our own coach tryna sabotage us wow bruh

head coach trippin ain’t no way u start Dennis over Russ after see what happened last night

Absolutely insane i wanna say im surprised but I can’t

Sigh

nah start russ over dennis man stop the bullsht

you're a goofball if you cant understand that starting games is not all that relevant. russ is a player you can plug into tons of different lineups (including closing lineups, which are considerably more important than starting lineups lol). russ will be fine.

I hate when yall miss the most important part…. Being in to close games says wayyyy more about you than starting it does

Well there’s a certain juice and confidence you get when you’re a starter

I watched 3 different games yesterday where the starter was sitting on the bench to close the game and their juice and confidence or whatever wasn’t there!

Dennis is better, duh

Lmaoooooooo

Love Russ so much man

Malik monk deals with the same thing. They were a lot better with him in the starting lineup last season and they insist on him coming off the bench. And Malik only getting 25 mpg is criminal

Rebound man!!

can we ever find a team that wants to start him? literallt wasting his final years of greatness after proving time and again he’s a startable point guard

NBA is a joke.

insane

Uh, they better play Mr. $140 mil contract as a starter idc how good 18-yr vet Brodie has been playing.

@HurriKan3_ He isn’t the one that shouldnt be starting

It’s because we’re tanking. Everyone knows Brodie should start but we want Aj

Politics cs of how much they paid Dennis the FO won’t allow it and it makes sense even tho it’s stupid

Just LET RUSS BE RUSS I get out of his way!

It's just the simplistic mindset of once a narrative is established that you're a bench player, especially if you're aging and on a minimum contract, then the entire league becomes locked on that perception. It's equal parts intellectually lazy and self-sabotaging.

@grok traduis moi les paroles du coach

They tryna do him like they did Melo it’s ridiculous just support Russ while you can 🤣

I understand your point but they're not trying to win, lol. they want to develop their younger players and make them experienced. Russ is a really good player and vet but he doesn't need development

Nonsense

Russ is telling us he’s ready to win a 3rd MVP

2nd*

6th man of the year Russ🔜

We tryna start

Aye man just be happy Russ playing they tryna kick him out the league

Aka I'm not taking Russ out the game