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Message: [QUOTE="tzznandrew, post: 1963935, member: 168"] Westbrook is a ball dominant guard, and while he's got good court vision, it's not elite, and his first instinct is to score. Durant doesn't [I]need[/I] to be ball dominant, but in OKC they essentially took turns getting theirs. It was often less awkward than that makes it sound--and it got a little better under Donovan--but essentially their strengths weren't well paired. At least that's what I thought. Now, with Westbrook not needing to worry about [I]who[/I] he delivers the ball to specifically, he's a one man show who can do it all; Durant is on a team that doesn't care [I]who[/I] gets the ball and it so disrupts the defense to have Curry-Thompson-Durant on the court together that he's having a career year himself (in terms of efficiency). Just better matches. Westbrook needs a solid #2 who doesn't need the ball as much and isn't as transcendent as Durant. On the OP's question: I think there's a good shot. He's 40% done with the season. The rebounding will be hard, but the assists are about where he was last year, so can he average roughly 9.7 rpg between now and the end of the season? I think he can. [/QUOTE]