The Oklahoma City Thunder were eliminated from the playoffs by
Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks last night.    Getting to
the Western Conference Finals is a great achievement for a team
with players whose average age is under 25.  Considering that
youth, it would be easy to say that this team is fine and that
the simple exercising of patience is all the organization needs.
Maybe they'll just grow out of the problems they displayed
during this postseason. Then again, maybe they won't. Oklahoma
City's issues are very real and need to be attacked head-on.
Priority No. 1?  The Russell Westbrook question: Is he really a
point guard?  Westbrook led the Thunder in points during Game 5,
but once again looked entirely out of control for significant
portions of the game.  His erratic play has been a hot topic for
the last month. Again, it's easy to point to youth, but there's
more to it than that.  Right now, it just doesn't look like he
has the mental and emotional disposition required to be a great
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