On February 8, Beijing time, the US media counted a data about Los Angeles Lakers star Russell Westbrook and Munch, and the result was that this data directly hit Wei Shao, and the comparison between Wei Shao and Munch's data was too heart-wrenching.
Since the beginning of the season, the number of games with a shooting rate of 50+ and 20+ points has been scored, and Westbrook and Munch have both played the same number of games, both of which are 13. However, unlike this, Westbrook has been on a salary of $44.21 million this season, and Munch has signed a base salary of just $1.79 million.
In addition, Westbrook's average numbers this season are higher than Munch's, he averaged 18.4 points, 7.8 rebounds, 7.7 assists, 1.1 steals, 4.1 turnovers, shooting 43.7% from the field and 30% from three-point range. Munch, on the other hand, averaged 13.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.3 turnovers per game, shooting 47.3 percent from the field and 40.9 percent from three-point range.
However, Westbrook started the game and averaged more playing time per game than Munch. Therefore, in terms of efficiency, Wei Shao is also inferior to Munch.
That's why Westbrook was repeatedly hidden by Vogel at key moments in recent games, when Westbrook sat on the bench in the final 3 minutes and 52 seconds during the Lakers' 111-104 loss to the Pacers. On Saturday, the Lakers won 122-115 against the New York Knicks, and he also watched the whole game in overtime.
More remarkably, Vogel also adjusted Westbrook's appearance order to Munch for the first time, and after the game, Vogel attributed the decision to "putting players I think will win the game on the field".