Twitter was on fire in recent hours after somebody expressed their opinion regarding Russell Westbrook and Kyle Lowry, two of the best point guards in the NBA. Comparisons are hateful, yes, but that doesn’t mean they will stop happening. The NBA is a competition and it’s normal to see analysts comparing some stars with others.
Sam Quinn of CBS Sports recently compared Lowry and Westbrook, claiming that the Toronto Raptors star is better than the Houston Rockets guard.
Kyle Lowry is better than Russell Westbrook. Just dropping my mic here and going home.
— Sam Quinn (@SamQuinnCBS) July 6, 2020
Obviously, a lot of people showed his disagreement with Quinn, including Kendrick Perkins, who sent a big message to the reporter.
I love Kyle Lowry but you are outta your damn mind…you did right by dropping the Mic because you don’t need to be heard saying ridiculous sh*t like this! https://t.co/hveBxvDvCX
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) July 6, 2020
A lot of fans also made their case for Westbrook.
Kyle Lowry is a better Point Guard than Russell Westbrook
Kyle Lowry is not a better player than Russell Westbrook https://t.co/chGjUto6BG
— Danny (@Danny_MAZE) July 6, 2020
https://twitter.com/Tinaherrera1991/status/1280157975370399744
what the fck lol
— gabb (@gabbgoudy) July 6, 2020
I'd rather have Westbrook if I want to drag a bunch of scrubs to the playoffs, but if I actually have a good team, Lowry's absolutely the better one to take that team to a championship.
— Cody Hunt (@co_dhunt) July 6, 2020
https://twitter.com/portablechargr/status/1280168844049301505https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/1280274336499355654
Meanwhile, others defended Lowry and the things he’s done with the Toronto Raptors in the past couple of years.
Westbrook will raise a bad teams floor, Lowry raises a good teams ceiling. If every team was given the choice of Kyle or Brodie, every contender takes Kyle
— Kid Presentable (@SRelease69) July 6, 2020
"very delusional take" pic.twitter.com/X2co1AgTNx
— 1stRdDraftPick Dark Nowitzki (@1stRdDraftPick) July 6, 2020
I'd rather have Westbrook if I want to drag a bunch of scrubs to the playoffs, but if I actually have a good team, Lowry's absolutely the better one to take that team to a championship.
— Cody Hunt (@co_dhunt) July 6, 2020
winning basketball games.
— Duncan Kinney (@duncankinney) July 7, 2020
#1 PG in RPM and WS on #2 defense in the league. So there's that.
— jeff berg (@Jeffberg42) July 6, 2020
Lowry a smarter player than Westbrook and a better leader than Westbrook
— RaptorsNBAHoops (@Bison73J) July 6, 2020
In the end, Quinn explained why he believed Lowry was better than Russ, simply because Russ can give a team a certain number of wins as a leader but only that. Instead, Lowry knows how to be the second or third-best player in a team and he still will help his squad win games, just like he did last year during the Raptors championship run.
The lesson of this thread is that a lot of you would rather have a guy that guarantees you 40-45 wins than a guy who can be the 2nd or 3rd best player on a championship team.
The whole goal is to win the damn championship. I want a ceiling-raiser, not a floor-raiser.
— Sam Quinn (@SamQuinnCBS) July 6, 2020
This season Toronto and Houston are part of the top 5 of their respective conference. Out of the two, the Raptors have more chances to make it to the Finals. Westbrook and his Rockets still have work to do to beat the powerhouses of the Western Conference.
