[OFFICIAL] Russell Westbrook as a Los Angeles Laker thread

Yes, because there’s a better chance sarver gets banned and forced to sell

 

Can he afford a team?

 

Can we also have live goats eating and defecating in Stone's office?

 

It's actually not that bad of a deal. They won a championship.

I doubt they get one being led by Brandon Ingram and Lonzo Ball.

They're just at the end of the Lebron cycle where your team is full of old washed vets, it happens every time.

 

LeBron for Harden. Reunite the two buddies in California.

Get'er done, Maury!

 

After first read, I agreed with you. But then I thought, what if the Lakers have to give up a TON to get rid of him and in doing so, make their team worse for years to come, not just next year?

And as a bonus, WB can go ruin another team. Brooklyn would be nice. The Warriors would be tasty as well

 

Phil getting back at lebum for the “posse” outrage years ago

 

Spoiler

http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=y9gz7edh

Rockets keep our lotto pick this year and send them our other 1st round pick. Championship incoming.

 

https://theathletic.com/3313970/2022/05/16/suns-luka-doncic-giannis-lakers-nba/

Yet though it remains unclear who will replace the fired Frank Vogel, with Kenny Atkinson, Adrian Griffin, Mark Jackson, Darvin Ham and Terry Stotts among the known candidates, we continue to learn about how Lakers officials see their own roster by way of the coaching search itself. More specifically, the notion of Russell Westbrook remaining part of their program is seeming more real all the time. Despite the widely held belief that the Lakers would find a way to trade Westbrook before the start of next season, sources say their coaching candidates have been asked to discuss how they would use him in their system during interviews. The takeaway for candidates, it seems, is that maximizing Westbrook’s presence after his disastrous 2021-22 season is considered an important part of this job.To that end, it’s worth revisiting my report from earlier this month about Jackson’s affinity for Westbrook. When the decision was made to fire Vogel, there was a belief from on high that Westbrook wasn’t put in a position to succeed. For Jackson’s part, sources say he has cited the Gary Payton dilemma in the 2003-04 Lakers season as a way of illustrating a coach’s need to make the best of roster decisions that weren’t his preference. In essence, deal with the hand you’re dealt rather than complain about it.

When the Lakers’ late owner, Dr. Jerry Buss, insisted on adding Payton in the summer of 2003, that meant Jackson had to convince Derek Fisher to come off the bench. And considering those Lakers had won titles in three of the previous four seasons with Fisher starting, this wasn’t a welcome situation for Jackson to have to handle. Yet though they didn’t win it all, the Lakers did manage to return to the finals that season (where they lost to Detroit). The comparison, it seems, was made to make the point that the coach (and his staff) should somehow find a way to find the Westbrook solution. Again, the strong signs continue that the Lakers are preparing for the possibility of Westbrook remaining.

 

He will be on their roster then.

 

Kind of silly to give up any good assets for Westbrick with only 1 season left on his contract. Might as well just give him the John Wall treatment.

Unlike Wall, Westbrook won't be content pumping crypto scams and NFTs on twitter while collecting fat paychecks for doing nothing. After 2-3 months in purgatory he'll probably go crazy and be willing to take a buyout and give some money back to the Lakers.

 

imo True for a rebuilding team, untrue for a team like the Lakers, whose championship window is rapidly dwindling.

 

OMG, I'd love to see the Lakers attempt to keep Russ for another year.

PLEASE no one bail them out...

 

Ah, so another coach who will cater to his worst habits and not demand that he modify his approach at all as he ages.

 

well, notice how @J.R. juxtaposed those tweets: (1) coach brags of being shot in the face, and (2) coach says Westbrick is great, has many bricks still to lay.

 

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