On February 8, Beijing time, according to chase Hughes, a Washington Wizards insider said that if the Lakers exchanged Westbrook for Wall, then the Rockets would reach a buyout agreement with Westbrook, and the Wizards would sign back Westbrook.
According to previous reports, the reason given by the Wizards is that Bill, Yamura, Garford and Westbrook played well together, and the Wizards had a higher winning percentage last year.
In addition, Chase Hughes even mentioned that he was not joking, but was told to him.
You know, Westbrook has a very good relationship with some players of the Wizards before, plus, since this season, the Wizards' record has improved very significantly, so the Wizards are interested in Westbrook in such a situation.
It is worth mentioning that Westbrook's salary this season is $44.21 million, and this summer he has the right to jump out of the contract or execute the player option, if the player option he will earn $47.06 million next season. It is precisely because Wei Shao has a huge contract, so many teams are looking back, after all, no one is willing to use their team's salary space to risk betting on Wei Shao's competitive state.
Today, James also talked about the rumors of The Westbrook's deal, saying: "We are brothers, no one exists independently, no one can blame the other, no one deserves more praise than the other, we need to support each other." ”