On February 2, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season is in full swing. As the Lakers' heaviest signing in the offseason, Westbrook's performance has been difficult to satisfy. As the season progressed, there was more discussion about his deal, but it was difficult to close because of The 40 million yuan contract.
Recently, the famous media FADEAWAY has proposed a trading plan, which will be swapped by the Lakers and the Knicks, and the Knicks will receive: Westbrook, Taren Horton Tucker, the 2027 first-round draft pick (from the Lakers), the 2023 second-round draft pick (from the Lakers); the Lakers get: Randall, Fournier, Kemba Walker, Alec Burks.
In this season, the results of the Lakers and Knicks have not been very satisfactory. The Knicks made it to the playoffs last season with 41 wins and 31 losses, but their signings were a failure, neither Fournier nor Walker played the expected performance, and the performance of Home Randle was difficult to satisfy.
The Knicks will get rid of Randle's huge four-year contract in the deal while cleaning up Fournier's four-year,73 million contract. Maybe Westbrook's technical features won't help the Knicks get better, but his contract will end next season, and then the Knicks will clear space in the summer of 2023, when they will have a lot of money to attract free agents to join and work with Barrett.
On the Lakers side, they will get rid of Westbrook's contract while bringing back Randle. Randle will use his excellent passing skills and down-to-the-basket offense to take the pressure off James. The Lakers may be reluctant to accept Fournier and his huge contract, but that's the price of getting rid of Westbrook.
Walker can serve as a lakers' backup point guard, and when Nunn returns from injury, the Lakers' backcourt problems will be completely solved. Burks will become an important substitute player for the Lakers. He's a great inside shooter with a career three-point shooting percentage of 37.6 percent.
So far, the Lakers are 9th in the West with 24 wins and 27 losses, and the Knicks also have a record of 24 wins and 27 losses, ranking 11th in the East.