Westbrook's performance in the Lakers this season is very difficult, and the Lakers are currently in the eighth position in the West, and they are gradually moving away from the goal of winning the championship set at the beginning of the season. Wei Shao's contract is very large, the buyout is not realistic at all, and only through the trade this way can the Lakers' dilemma be changed. Previously, the US media FW listed three major Westbrook trading schemes, all three schemes are very valuable, successfully any Lakers can return to the championship ranks, let's take a look at which is the most likely to achieve it?
The first one is Westbrook's 76ers' Harris. With Simmons fighting with the 76ers, he was never able to play, and the 76ers have not had a qualified point guard until now, so Westbrook as a point guard is very suitable for the current 76ers. Although Harris is currently the second boss of the 76ers, he has been criticized for not being able to fight a hard battle.
However, he averaged 18.2 points, 7.4 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, such data is more than enough to make a three-time boss, and when he comes to the Lakers, he can provide the forward height that the Lakers lack, with James and Davis, he is the third point of attack can also play more comfortably.
Wei Shao single for Wall. At present, John Wall is still on the injury list, but judging from the previously leaked video, it is completely hidden by the Rockets. In training, Wall showed his skills to the fullest, and the speed did not decrease. Wall played a few games last season, but because the team was going to be broken, he could only make up an injury reason to prevent Wall from playing.
Although he has broken his Achilles tendon, he is much more reliable than Wei Shao, never shoots and hits the timer, and rarely suffers from forced mistakes. So coming to the Lakers is also completely ok, at least there will be no negative effect. However, the Rockets are very expensive and need the Lakers to add a first-round pick.
Westbrook for Grant Gaolnik. The Pistons have been putting Grant on the shelves, and the Lakers are the most intentional team. Grant has only played 24 games this season due to injury, but has performed very well, averaging 20.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per game for the team, and the main thing is that he is still young, and coming to the Lakers can become LeBron's successor. In this deal, Olynyk, although he had a holiday with James, when he scrapped Love's arm and caused the Cavaliers to lose to the Warriors and lose the championship.
But if it is used as an immediate combat force, he is still very suitable for the Lakers, currently contributing 12.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game, as a space-type interior line can solve the shortcomings of Davis's inaccurate shooting. The biggest problem with this deal is only one, what does the Pistons want to do?
Overall, these three deals are all favorable for the Lakers, but they are not useful for the 76ers, Pistons, and Rockets, if which deal is most likely to be realized? Now it seems that It is the exchange between Westbrook and Wall, but the Rockets lions opened their mouths and asked the Lakers to take the first-round draft pick. This 2027 first-round draft pick is very valuable, and it can be predicted that the Lakers will have a mediocre record at that time, so it will work well for rebuilding the team. The Lakers are not stupid, at most give you two second rounds, the first round is absolutely impossible to move, in addition to changing potential stocks such as Grant, but the Pistons have a champion Cunningham still want you to do less?