Russell Westbrook Out With Torn Meniscus

Oklahoma City Thunder point guard is out indefinitely after tearing his meniscus in game two against the Rockets on Wednesday. The injury was caused when Rocket guard Patrick Beverley tried to steal the ball while Westbrook dribbled to where his bench was to call a timeout, right before the Thunder called a timeout Beverley lunged at the ball hitting Westbrooks knee.

here is the play:

The play by Beverley was not dirty or illegal but there was no need for that, he could clearly see that they were going to call a timeout.

A problem with Westbrook being out indefinitely is we have no idea when he will be back or even if he will be back. Westbrook will first have to go through surgery, then it’s all up to his body on when or if he will come back. So far in the playoffs Westbrook was averaging 24 points per game, 7 assists per game, 6.5 rebounds per game, 3 steals per game while shooting 41% from the field and 22% from 3. The Thunder will truly miss Westbrook but now is the time for Kevin Durant to shine, it is now completely his team.

UPDATE: Russell Westbrook has had surgery and will miss the rest of the playoffs.

Sacramento Kings Trade Thomas Robinson To The Rockets

Probably the biggest trade this NBA trade deadline with the Rockets sending Marcus Morris to the Suns and Patrick Patterson, Cole Aldrich, Toney Douglas and 1 million dollars to the Kings. The Rockets received a 2013 second round pick from the Suns and  Francisco Garcia, Tyler Honeycutt from the Kings along with Robinson.

I have no idea what the Kings are thinking in this deal, they drafted Thomas Robinson 5th overall this past NBA draft. Although, Thomas Robinson has not had a good season averaging 4.8 points per game, 4.7 rebounds per game and shooting 42% from the field in 15.6 minutes per game. This maybe because of the lack of playing time or the Kings are seeing something we are not. The Kings did jettison some salary cap with this trade they traded away 10.2 million and only received 6.4 million. This will end up being a great trade for the Kings or a horrible one it all depends on how Thomas Robinson pans out.

The winner in this deal without a doubt is the Houston Rockets. The Rockets managed to get Thomas Robinson who has great value and talent they will either do two things with him though, use him as a trade piece to get a all star caliber player or keep him and try to have him become a stud with the Rockets. We will just have to wait and see what the Rockets do.

The Suns did a good job in this deal too, giving up only a second round pick to get Marcus Morris when they almost traded a first rounder to get him.

Full Deal

Rockets Get:Thomas Robinson(Kings), Francisco Garcia(Kings), Tyler Honeycutt(Kings), 2013 Phoenix Suns second round pick

Suns Get: Marcus Morris(Rockets)

Kings Get: Patrick Patterson(Rockets), Cole Aldrich(Rockets), Toney Douglas(Rockets), 1 Million Dollars

*Note: Suns waived Luke Zeller brother of Tyler and Cody Zeller to make room for Marcus Morris*