The Lakers' refusal to post the first-round pick to send away Westbrook Wall's status has been seriously questioned

After more than half a season of running-in, Westbrook still did not play a satisfactory chemical reaction with the Lakers, and its trade has become one of the Lakers' alternatives, and the Rockets have a strong interest in returning to Weishao, but the Lakers must pack the 2027 first-round draft picks together.

Today's report from the NBA's well-known journalist Mark Stein, the Lakers are not interested in the trade with Westbrook to return to Wall, first of all, the Lakers are not willing to pay the 2027 first-round draft pick so easily, after all, this is the only first round they can use in the next few years; secondly, the Lakers have serious doubts about Wall's state, they do not believe that Wall's arrival can make the team get a substantial promotion.

The reporter said: "As we all know, it is because of the active promotion of James and thick eyebrows that the Lakers gave up Hield to get Wei Shao, the Lakers not only sent away Kuzma, Harrell and Pope, but even a 22nd first round was also packed together, the Lakers do not want to sell Wei Shao so cheaply, they are still looking forward to Wei Shao to find their form in the next schedule, just like last season's Wizards." ”

After Westbrook was traded to the Wizards last season, his performance in the first half of the season was also very sluggish, but then his form became more and more recovered, he played better and better, and finally led the Wizards to the playoffs with a probability of only 0.5%. So far this season, Westbrook has averaged 18.5 points + 7.7 assists and 8 rebounds per game, and his three-point shooting rate is less than 30%.

So the current signs show that Westbrook is very likely to play for the Lakers this season, and next season will be the last year of Westbrook's contract, and it will be easier for the Lakers to send him away this summer.