Russell Westbrook has set an NBA record and it isn’t an enviable record. No one actually envies him for setting this NBA record. According to Side Action, Russell since the counting of missed layups started, has missed more of them than anyone in the NBA.
Russell Westbrook knows you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
And we know Russell is not shy about shooting. He’ll shoot from pretty much anywhere, even though he’s not considered the greatest shooter. Russ is really great when he’s attacking the rim, but even close to the basket Russell has troubles. Since they started counting stats on missed layups, no in the NBA has missed more of them than Russell Westbrook.
Russ leads the NBA is missed layups with almost 3,000.
See the stats below:
Top 10:
Russell Westbrook – 2898 missed lay-ups
LeBron James – 2617
Carmelo Anthony – 2563
Allen Iverson – 2301
Antoine Walker – 2165
Tony Parker – 2106
Zach Randolph – 2063
Dwyane Wade – 1985
Stephon Marbury – 1985
James Harden – 1881
2021-22 Top 10:
Russell Westbrook – 266
RJ Barrett – 234
Franz Wagner – 206
Jayson Tatum – 184
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander – 181
Anthony Edwards – 181
Miles Bridges – 180
Ja Morant – 175
Karl-Anthony Towns – 171
LaMelo Ball – 164
Close to 3000 missed layups? That’s definitely not an enviable NBA record.
Lakers are still looking to get rid of Russ.
Los Angeles Lakers star Russell Westbrook signed with Excel Sports’ Jeff Schwartz for his representation moving forward, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
This comes after Westbrook and former agent Thad Foucher went their separate ways. While an NBA player changing agents is fairly common, Foucher issued a statement to Wojnarowski that cited “irreconcilable differences” and referenced Westbrook’s uncertain future with the Lakers:
“Now, with a possibility of a fourth trade in four years, the marketplace is telling the Lakers they must add additional value with Russell in any trade scenario. And even then, such a trade may require Russell to immediately move on from the new team via buyout.
“My belief is that this type of transaction only serves to diminish Russell’s value and his best option is to stay with the Lakers, embrace the starting role and support that Darvin Ham publicly offered. Russell is a first-ballot Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame player and will prove that again before he is retired.”
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