Los Angeles Lakers guard Russell Westbrook is listed as a day-to-day with a left hamstring after being injured in the preseason finale against Sacramento. Today we will discuss about Russell Westbrook: Turnovers per game| Turnovers this season.
Russell Westbrook: Turnovers per game| Turnovers this season
Russell Westbrook III (born November 12, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A member of the NBA’s 75th Anniversary Team, he is a nine-time NBA All-Star and earned the NBA Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) for the 2016–17 season. He is also a nine-time All-NBA team member, led the league in scoring in 2014–15 and 2016-17, and won back-to-back NBA All-Star Game MVP awards in 2015 and 2016.
| No. 0 – Los Angeles Lakers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | November 12, 1988 Long Beach, California, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Leuzinger (Lawndale, California) |
| College | UCLA (2006–2008) |
| NBA draft | 2008 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4th overall |
| Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics | |
| Playing career | 2008–present |
Turnovers per game
Russell Westbrook dropped the ball 3.8 times per game in 2021-22. StatMuse has season-level data for turnover per game in the 1977–78 season.
Turnovers this season
The Lakers season didn’t envision Russell Westbrook when we were received from the Wizards this summer.
The Lakers are an above-average-best team right now (19-19). Injuries to fellow stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis this season haven’t helped matters. Westbrook himself has been healthy and has appeared in all 38 games, but he hasn’t played consistently well.
Westbrook has been known to be stingy with the media.
His brief response to a question after Sunday night’s nine-turnover performance against the Timberwolves exemplifies just that.
“I disagree that the game was not going my way. My game is not based on shots or if I swing the ball. I missed a few shots, that’s part of the game. I need to miss shots. Allowed. I can do that, just like any other player. I can do that. I can even turn the ball. I can do that. It’s all a part of the game.”
The problem lies in the fact that turning the ball has become a part of Westbrook’s game. As of Sunday, Westbrook is second in the NBA in turnover per game (4.8). He is only behind former teammate James Harden (4.9) in that category.
In defense of Westbrook, his effective field goal percentage (48.9%) is the second best of his career this season. He’s not going to outdo Steph Curry anytime soon, but he’s serviceable from a shooting perspective.
Statistically, Westbrook’s habit of overturning the ball has contributed to his career’s lowest player efficiency rating (15.9) since his rookie year (15.2).
Not all of the Lakers’ troubles can be blamed on Westbrook.
However he has to turn the ball in a very small part of his game.
