Recently, the Lakers have suffered a rare five-game losing streak, in the case of a lineup advantage, the team still has no way to win, and the nets who lost to Harden's team in the year-end war are indeed a big blow to the momentum. The most talked about this loss is Westbrook, who played 36 minutes, shot 4 of 20 from the field, got 13 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists and 1 steal, although he got a triple-double, but the efficiency was indeed very low. One of the last-minute layups in the game failed to hit, and the Lakers completely lost the game!
After the game, Kevin O'Connor also expressed his views on Westbrook's performance, saying that the Lakers should do whatever it takes to trade Westbrook. He said on social media: "The Lakers should explore all the possibilities of trading Westbrook, and his indifferent defensive attitude dooms him to not win the championship, not to mention his reckless shooting choices." And that's always happening throughout his career, even during key moments in the playoffs. Westbrook will not make a change. ”
His quote was mainly because Westbrook missed Mills on a defensive trip, causing Mills to hit a three-pointer, which still had a big impact on the whole game! Like Kevin O'Connor says, that's how Westbrook's career has always played, and it's impossible to get him to change in the final years of his career. And the Lakers knew before trading Westbrook that he played the ball, and in this case, it was difficult for fans to understand that he would trade Westbrook to the team.
So now it's said that everything possible is to trade Westbrook, but who else can accept Westbrook's big contract and inefficiency? Now if you want to trade, you have to pay a price, and the first-round draft pick is a must. And even if you're willing to take the first-round pick, it seems likely that there's a hard-going team that wants to get him. And there are not many players in the league who can match Westbrook's salary, although Wall, Simmons and other players can trade with Westbrook, but the Rockets and Philadelphia do not want to get Westbrook, so the trade basically will not happen!
So from the current point of view, even if the Lakers want to do their best to trade Westbrook, the difficulty is very large, there are not many teams in the league that want to get Westbrook, even if they take the first-round draft pick, it is difficult to complete the trade this season!