LAL shouldn't even play Westbrook. Just drop him from the team. They'll be better off without him.
0-11 including 0-6 from 3. 2 points in 27 minutes. Lakers don't have nearly enough assets to move his contract to any other team.
The problem isn't Westbrook. Darvin Ham should not allow him to shoot from 3 that much. He knew coming into the job that Westbrook was shooting too much. Nothing has changed for this team.
I was just going to write that. What is Ham doing? Lakers had 45 attempts from 3pt making only 9. Does he not realize that his team is lacking the shooters for that type of strategy to work. Clippers on the other hand only took 29. Just terrible coaching by the LAL.
This is the chicken and egg question - when you get good quality shots, do you take them or turn them down because you've been missing? If that's what the defense is giving you, and they are cutting off driving lanes to keep you away from the basket, do you try and force the ball inside against multiple defenders anyway?
As you said, Darvin Ham said they were getting good shots. It really raises the question, what is a good shot and when should a player be taking it?
I'm sure most fans (us Cs fans included) have yelled at the TV to "stop taking those [dang] threes!" when the players are missing...God knows we've had nights where the team has shot 25% from 3. The question becomes, what quality is the shot being taken, and is the team capable of taking those shots, and what is the alternative based on the way the other team is defending? People used to (and still) leave Smartacus open and load up on everyone else because they want him to take 3s. If he then takes a wide open 3 and misses is that a bad shot? Or should they try and force it to who the defense is sweating on?
That said, the Fakers seem to be around the 35% career 3FG% mark for the players that played last night...is that good enough to take the perimeter shots the defense is giving them? I'd be inclined to say if you can hit one in three threes you should be taking open threes, especially if the defense has decided to take the rim away from you in the halfcourt and you can't force turnovers and run on the other end. So I can't blame Ham too much. Westbrick on the other hand has never been a good three point shooter, he shoots 30% so maybe they should have worked to give other shooters better looks than having him brick it over and over again. Or maybe they should develop a scheme that plays to their strengths and go old style and post LeBum and AD up even if they get doubled.
But then again it's the Fakers, they can brick it all day and it won't bother me