Noteworthy doesn't necessarily mean more than average. And I don't really agree about Westbrook, I don't think that it's generally a good thing when a fairly inefficient scorer leads your team in fga.
Generally it isn't. But the way I see it, Westbrook is inefficient so that everyone else, including Durant, doesn't have to be.
That must be how he sees it as well.
Westbrook isn't even all that inefficient, even his chucking of 3s is roughly around break even line. He definitely plays ugly though.
Westbrook's career eFG% .452, which pretty much puts him right next to Brandon Jennings. Not the best association.
eFG% isn't a great measure of efficiency as scorer instead of a shooter it ignore turnovers and free throws. Westbrook gets to the line a lot and given his usage is pretty good at avoiding turnovers given his usage.
He's a pretty efficient scorer, just not a shooter and that's okay. His dribble penetration makes the Thunder go offensively as much as Durant does.
While I agree that eFG% by itself is not a perfect measure of efficiency, its is definitely an important one because inefficient shooting results in excess misses. And around 70% of all misses are essentially turnovers.
By getting to the line and hitting the occasional 3PT shot, Westbrook generates about 1.23 points per shot. That's decent, though it's not great by any means. That rate has been fairly constant throughout his career. Durant, of course, generates an astounding 1.5 points per shot. Durant also misses far less often. Durant should be taking more shots on that team.
In overall point creation, through assists and direct scoring, Westbrook is responsible for just a hair above 36 points per 36 minutes. Again, he's been around that most of his career. He misses about 10 shots per 36.
For comparisons (since I know y'all want 'em), Rondo also creates around 36 points per 36, though on fewer shots and more assists. Chris Paul creates about 40 points per 36.
Rondo's shooting results in about 5 misses per 36, while CP3 misses just over 7 shots per 36.
Through missed shots, Westbrook is putting the ball in the hands of the defense about 2 more times per 36 than Paul is, and about 3.5 more times per 36 than Rondo is.
He also turns the ball over otherwise about once per 36 more than either of those guys.
That's essentially like having Rondo's point creation production ... but about 4.5 extra turnovers per game!! Yikes!
The net-net of all that is that, Westbrook is a pretty decent point producer, but hurts his team more than Paul or Rondo do with his inefficient shooting (Paul has an eFG% typically just over .500 and Rondo is typically just under .500).
And he doesn't create any more points than they do (despite having one of the greatest shooters in the game to dish to).
Good player. But not up there, imho, with CP3 (clear #1) and Rondo.
