Is Russell Westbrook the key to slowing down Kyrie Irving? 🤔

Draymond Green says the Clippers should start Russell Westbrook in playoff series vs. the Mavericks. @DraymondGreenShow

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[bigdaddylp]

“ let me tell you Kyrie’s a monster” god damnit draymond we know 😂

[danielosarobo]

Dray was super right about this. Ty just didn’t want to listen.

[calebwilliams]

Russ gotta better chance at guarding Ky than harden. That’s just facts no fiction

[datsapaddlin]

This is Chess…Draymond is trying to get the Clippers knocked out early.

[PWarHawk]

There is no team in this league know better than Warriors that how hard it is to defend Kyrie.

[joncardoza]

You coaching or announcing after you retire Draymond?! Pick one!

[wizardwaterz]

I wish you was this chill and likeable on t he court y’all would be in the playoffs rn

[kishorhegde]

Westbrick definitely was the x factor in this series.. But for the mavs.. Whenever he was on the floor mavs played 5 v 4 on defence letting westbrick throw up his bricks as much as he wanted.

[fatalitytyrael]

Not a bad take, but Ty Lue played Russ at corner 3 and off the ball most of the time and I dont know why the hell he did it, multiple times in regular season we saw Harden and Russ aint good fit together, but we saw in thsi series they played together alot, very bad usage, also Russ declined extremly this playoffs, very sad to see as fan from okc days.

[PJFort-wiet]

The X factor period for the post season is harden. The clipper were a good team but kawhi and pg where not playing very good on offense until they got harden. When harden is hitting his threes to keep the defense honest which opens up his passing and iso, when he he gets paint touches and his hitting step back threes the clippers are January clippers.

[ranilcurry]

Westbrook is not that type of Defender to guard Kyrie Irving

[robertweekes]

I think Kawhi guards Luka in clutch time but for most of the game you put other lengthy forwards on Luka like PJ Tucker, Daniel Thies and Paul George

[MrThatbme]

Boy was he completely wrong. They weren’t even to play Westbrook. His offense is horrible.

[draymondgreen]

Noone can stop kyrie although russ's defence isnt smthing to joke abt he has been getting between sets and breaking teams offence by getting sneaky steals and deflections. He can make scoring harder for kyrie and and make kyrie play off ball.

[lavonnealexander]

Everyone talking about if Russell Westbrook can guard Kyrie but can Kyrie guard Russell Westbrook is the real question. He is coming off the bench and will give the Mavericks some serious trouble.

[Carmonawaysss]

This guy is a genius warriors didn’t make the playoffs so now he’s gonna react and talk about the matchups and break it down for us which is fire and smart his podcast about to make noise 🔥🔥💪🏼💪🏼

[TheBeanGreen]

As a clips fan, I'm alright with that. But Russ provides the spark for our second team. Keeps the pace fast.

[ronf.]

Draymond didn't stomp Sabonis in the play-in and the rest is history.

[eulalawrence]

Draymond knows more about defense than all of us combined, especially when you consider the fact he was the best defensive player in basketball for a handful of years, but I still don't understand why Russ needs to start for this plan to work. I can easily see PG guarding either of Kyrie or Luka while Kawhi guards the other. The second one of those two start to heat up then switch it up by subbing Russ in. I guess you could say starting Russ to set the tone would help the Clippers, but there's no way to completely shut down Luka AND Kyrie, especially at the same time.

Props to Russ though; For most of his career Russ was considered a terrible defensive player, when in reality he just couldn't put the right amount of effort on that end of the floor since he was using all his energy offensively. Dude was drafted as an athletic defensive guard, which people tend to forget about, but I always knew Russ was AT LEAST better than average defensively. He proved this year that, if needed, he could've been an all-defense type player. Draymond acknowledging Russ as a defensive threat against Kyrie proves this.

[russellchung]

As a Clippers fan, I definitely agree with 9ne caveat. Ty Lue is gonna need to coach based off feel and not stick to a game plan. Westbrook can cause havoc in a good way, but at times, it can get out of hand. Terrance Mann and PG also being in this team also helps dramatically. The best situation is if Kawhi, PG, and Harden have less defensive responsibility and Mann and Westbrook do their thing. Ofc all of them can't be on the court at the same time, hence Lue needing to manage off of feel.