It’s oftentimes forgotten in the moment the human element of sports. With all the talk of fit and playstyle and trades, how everything impacts the player itself is often shoved to the backseat.
In the last year, that aspect of sports has moved more to the forefront for Lakers fans as the Russell Westbrook situation has devolved. The hometown kid came back to the purple and gold and has had a disastrous run of it.
Thursday, though, may have been one of the lowest points of the whole journey. In the home opener against the Clippers, Westbrook put up an 0-fer, finishing 0/11 from the field and 0/6 from the 3-point line.