Even though he could be on his way out of the team, a former Lakers star believe Russell Westbrook should get another chance.
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August 30, 2022 11:57AM EDT
August 30, 2022 11:57AM EDT
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The Los Angeles Lakers moved on from Russell Westbrook, even with him still on the roster. They added Patrick Beverley and will likely send him home if they can’t find him a trade partner before the start of the season.
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However, two-time NBA champion Norm Nixon thinks Westbrook still got plenty left in the tank and that the team should give Ham at least an opportunity to coach him before trying to pull off a trade.
“Absolutely, it can work there,” Nixon told Tomer Azarly of ClutchPoints. “I think Darvin Ham will be able to figure it out. I mean, Russell still has a lot of talent. He’s no the Russell Westbrook he was at 22 [years old] and nobody is that after they’ve played a few years, but Russell has a lot left in his engine.”
ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, however, isn’t that optimistic. Per the insider, it’s just a matter of time before the Lakers find Westbrook a new home and expects him to be gone by the upcoming trade deadline:
“My guess is, by February, the Lakers will have made a significant trade. I don’t know who it will be for,” Windhorst
“The Lakers may just have to remain patient. I think, the message the Lakers have sent is that they’re willing to pay to upgrade the roster but they do not want to pay to just trade off Russell Westbrook.
At the end of the day, it doesn’t seem like Westbrook is committed to staying, either. He fired his agent because he advised him to run it back in the purple and gold, so it’s not like he’ll be mad if they trade him.
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