NBA legend and current TNT analyst Shaquille O’Neal has decided to chime in on Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant.
A lot of basketball purest believe Oklahoma City won’t reach their full potential until Westbrook turns into a pass-first point guard.
“In the history of the game, every one-two punch — the one or the two — has to sacrifice and step back. Russell Westbrook don’t step back enough for me,” O’Neal told the website. “At some point, for the betterment of the team, you’ve got to step back. Until Westbrook learns to step back, it may be hard for them. Kevin Durant is the man, but Westbrook is like, ‘I’m getting mine every time. You can’t do it.’”
It’s difficult to argue with Shaq here. When you have a 4-time scoring champion on your squad, there’s no reason why he should go consecutive possessions without touching the ball down the stretch and we’ve seen that happen with Oklahoma City way too often.