Pretty much guaranteed he won't be healthy - he hasn't been for like 5 years.
You crazy. If it was switched and it was KD out and Westbrook having to carry the team OKC would suck balls right now. KD is averaging like 34ppg since Westbrook got injured.
I didn't think we really had to take the time to respond, but it's been covered.
Right, and Dirk was the same way a few years ago - but he wasn't the leader of that Mavs team and they've sucked dick since they blew up their roster. Dirk was the best player by far on the 11' roster but he wasn't the guy that took that team over the edge. Its literally the exact same thing here. If OKC (who I pay $10k a year to see live) ever wins an NBA championship - KD might score the most points in the playoff run to the title, but he isn't going to lead them there - Westbrook will, or nobody will. I don't have to prove that to you monkeys, it'll prove itself.
It is true that this team needs both of these players. The implication that Westbrook does more to help the team win than Durant is quite retarded.
Them winning a title in 2011 had nothing to do with Dirk being a "leader" or not, which he definitely is the leader of the Mavs, if not the vocal one - he leads by working and practicing more than anyone in the world on his shot - his free time is spent practicing his 1-legged fade-away from every possible angle thousands of times with his coach Holger. They won a title because Cuban and Donnie finally got enough pieces supporting Dirk to win it (Carlisle, Matrix, Haywood, Kidd, and Chandler) - Chandler was the final piece because he complemented Dirk so well and allowed Dirk to just be an offensive beast in the playoffs while Chandler covered his (and really the whole team's outside Marion) defensive weaknesses. They never would of won if Dirk didn't put the team on his back and just go nuts offensively with game winners and unguardable shooting in those playoffs - that's something Westbrook doesn't have the ability to do.
Was he really? Pretty sure he was dealing with the same knee injury he has been for years. It may not keep him from playing, but you can't guarantee your going to get the same from him game to game.
