{"id":1501694,"date":"2022-04-12T07:00:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1501694"},"modified":"2022-04-12T07:21:15","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T11:21:15","slug":"russell-westbrook-subtly-throws-lebron-james-anthony-davis-under-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/russell-westbrook-subtly-throws-lebron-james-anthony-davis-under-bus\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Westbrook Subtly Throws LeBron James, Anthony Davis Under the Bus With Blunt Comment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>\u2019 trash season may have resulted from numerous injuries, specifically to LeBron James<\/a> and Anthony Davis. But perfect health wouldn\u2019t have made too much of a difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Would the Lakers have made the NBA Play-In Tournament<\/a>? Possibly, but they still wouldn't have been a top contender in the Western Conference. The players on the roster just didn\u2019t complement each other, and Russell Westbrook<\/a>\u2019s fit with Davis and James was less than pretty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, what does Westbrook think about his time with AD and LeBron this season? He has actually said he would like to see what they could do with health on their side, given that the three only played in 21 games together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, he also somewhat threw them under the bus in his exit interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They didn\u2019t let Russ be Russ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russell Westbrook subtly threw LeBron James and Anthony Davis under the bus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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LeBron James (from left) and Russell Westbrook of the Los Angeles Lakers during a game against the Miami Heat on Jan. 23, 2022. | Michael Reaves\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Lakers spent the entire season trying to figure things out with the roster they had. And at many points, LeBron James<\/a> and Anthony Davis said they needed to \u201clet Russ be Russ\u201d so he could reach his full potential in their offense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked about those comments, though, Westbrook subtly threw his teammates under the bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah, but that wasn\u2019t true,\u201d he said during his exit interview, per the Lakers\u2019 YouTube<\/a>. \u201cSo, let\u2019s be honest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2016-17 NBA<\/a> MVP said the struggles were a combination of where they were \u201con the floor, positioning, fit and challenge, trial and error, [and] being able to play on the floor with each other.\u201d They were simply trying to figure out how to best utilize their abilities as a unit, but Westbrook said he \u201cvery rarely\u201d felt like himself on the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere were times in spurts, but I was just trying to find my way, honestly,\u201d he said. \u201cJust trying to do whatever it is that was asked of me. Whether it was best for the team, I just do what is asked of me, and that's it. Sometimes I may not have agreed with it, but that I kept to myself and did what I could for the team. The frustrating part is losing. Making a big sacrifice and trying to find ways to play differently and do different things \u2026 and we\u2019re still losing; to me, [that] didn\u2019t make much sense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s in store for Russell Westbrook and the Lakers?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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