Russell Westbrook Gives Perfect Response to Lakers’ 0-6 Preseason

Russell Westbrook has given a perfect response to the Lakers’ 0 and 6 start to the preseason. Obviously, the preseason does not matter too much in the grand scheme of things. But it is still a way to see where you are as a team and what you can work on going into the regular season. The Lakers are set to start the season on October 20th against the Golden State Warriors and they will need to get some stuff under control before then.

But Russell Westbrook was recently asked about the bad preseason and he had some interesting things to say.

“That should answer your question. No, it doesn’t matter.” It is true, these games do not matter at all. They will have no impact on the team going forward. But it is still interesting to see how much they have struggled.

Russell Westbrook Gives Perfect Response to Lakers’ 0-6 Preseason

Westbrook recently talked about joining the Lakers and what it means to him.

“Being from LA, you always wish that you could play for your home team,” Westbrook said. “That’s definitely something that always circled around in my mind. Maybe one day? But I always would come back and be like, ‘Ah, that probably won’t happen.’ I just had to wait and see. But now that we’re here, I’m going to take full advantage of it.”

“LeBron is one of the best players to play this game, and his ability to do everything on the floor allows me to just figure it out,” Westbrook said. “I’m coming to a championship-caliber team, and my job is to make his game easy for him, and I’ll find ways to do that. As it pertains to ball-handling, it really doesn’t matter. There’s many different ways you can impact the game without having the ball in your hands. I’ve been able to do that for a number of years, and we’ll figure it out.”

Coach Vogel talked about it as well.

“Anytime you have three great players like this, there is an element of sacrifice required, and we’ve all talked about that and are all-in on that,” Vogel said. “But these three guys can do it all. They’re all make-the-right-play players. It’s not just about scoring or being a one-dimensional player. They can all do it all. I’m most excited about seeing what the three of them on the court at the same time looks like.”