Westbrook would work better in a three guard line up than CP3 would.
Except in theory someone has to be the distributor. I agree Westbrook plays bigger so he can guard 3's and rebound like a 3. But despite the high assist numbers he's not really a facilitator. He gets assists because he pushes the ball and drives into the paint, I read he led the NBA in kickout passes for 3 point attempts, something like 800. They weren't all made of course but that's the classic Westbrook assist drive until he can't go any further and then pass it out of necessity. harden is actually a better playmaker than Westbrook IMO and he's a ballhog.
The other thing is, and I hate CP3, but he's a better defender than Westbrook right now, he can even guard bigger guys he's always been so good at doing that. If the Westbrook of 4 years ago shows up playing better defense, shooting better, then yeah they're better off in that 3 guard lineup. It's just hard to know he had to carry the offense in OKC for 3 years so it's not clear if he can just flip a switch again and not be such a high usage player.
Should add they have a guard who was setting records for unassisted baskets last year in Harden, and they just paired him with a guard who is very ineffective off the ball in Westbrook. So to make Westbrook good, they have to take the ball away from Harden. Both are going to have to radically alter their games, it's possible but just seems unlikely unless both are just at the point where they're sick of not winning titles and willing to do something different to try and get one.
