Darvin Ham and the Lakers appear to have made the difficult choice of moving Russell Westbrook to the bench, at least for the time being. Whether it sticks or not, a former Lakers sixth man believes this is a good opportunity for Westbrook.
On “The Crossover NBA Show” with Howard Beck of Sports Illustrated, Robert Horry commended the idea. The seven-time champion who started all of 38 games (regular season + playoffs) during the Lakers’ three-peat is familiar with coming off the bench for contending teams and believes it can be a successful set-up for Westbrook:
“You can look at Russ as Manu Ginobili.