Russell Westbrook Favored for Sixth Man of the Year
Heat Check with Trysta Krick
The 8 Side
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🗓️ 8 November 2022
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
After an offseason of speculation Russell Westbrook has emerged as an early favorite for NBA 6th man of the year. Trysta breaks down his new role. She also discusses Steven Adams bid for strongest player in the NBA, and whether or not Kyrie is too toxic to come back to the NBA. Tune In!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:12.4 | I was wrong about Russell Westbrook. |
| 0:14.6 | I was. |
| 0:15.6 | I was wrong. |
| 0:16.8 | But, truthfully, there wasn't really much that he was doing that led me to the conclusion he was going to do anything else besides cry, fake injuries, and say he needed to be a starter. |
| 0:29.6 | He literally said multiple times that he got injured by coming off the bench because his body wasn't used to it. |
| 0:35.1 | Okay, so based on what we had seen, I didn't think he was going to embrace the role of a six-man. |
| 0:43.3 | Like, Carmelo didn't do it. |
| 0:45.0 | He had to sit out of the league two years. |
| 0:48.0 | He started to thrive when he came back, but it took him being humbled. |
| 0:51.7 | I never thought he would do that. |
| 0:54.0 | But I never, even if he was to do it, |
| 0:57.6 | there was no way he was going to like it. There was no way he was going to enjoy it. I thought he was |
| 1:01.8 | like, okay, I'm going to begrudgingly do it because I'm going to say I'm a good teammate. And like, |
| 1:06.8 | I don't want to be traded. I want to stay in LA. I want to make my 40 million. But what we are |
| 1:12.9 | seeing right now, can we just say that? Can we just talk about Russell Westbrook? What the |
| 1:18.3 | fuck is happening? Nobody's talking about it on ESPN. All they want to do is talk Kyrie, |
| 1:22.8 | Kyrie, Kyrie, Kyrie. What Russell Westbrook is doing right now, he is a terror downhill. |
| 1:29.3 | This is why they used to compare him to Janus. |
| 1:31.6 | That, this version we're seeing of him right now. |
| 1:34.6 | Impossible to stop downhill player, Russell Westbrook. |
| 1:37.8 | Yes. |
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