NBA Insider Lowe on Westbrook: Russ is not a superstar, whatever your definition of a superstar is

Lowe: "When I hear that word, what I hear is ‘could make an All-NBA team this year’ kind of player. Russ just isn’t that player anymore"

Russell Westbrook is not a superstar anymore, according to ESPN Insider Zach Lowe.

Per Lakers Daily, “I think it’s just time to call a spade a spade,” Lowe said. “Russ is not a superstar, whatever your definition of a superstar is. And when I hear that word, what I hear is ‘could make an All-NBA team this year’ kind of player. Russ just isn’t that player anymore.”

People pay attention to the turnovers, and I think he’s second in the league in turnovers behind Harden,” Lowe said. “It’s not just the turnovers, it’s the misses at the rim that are effectively turnovers because he falls over and it’s a five-on-four jailbreak the other way.”