It is no secret that the Lakers want to trade Westbrook this season, but after the end of the trade deadline, the Turtles are still a member of the team, and he is still one of the three giants of the Lakers, which makes many fans stand up and express their dissatisfaction with the Lakers management, thinking that their work ability is very poor, and today the famous American basketball journalist Dave McMenamin stood up and broke the inside story of the Lakers' trade with Westbrook.
Dave McMenamin said on the show that "the Lakers want to trade Westbrook, which is their goal all along, but this goal is difficult to achieve, and finally the Rockets came forward to say that they were willing to take over Westbrook, but the chips they sent were Wall and Wood, yes, they wanted to trade two for one, but eventually they were rejected by the Lakers, Pelinka worried that the team would have to pay a high luxury tax, and he was worried that the boss Jenny Bass would question himself, so he simply did nothing." ”
Dave McMenamin then continued, "Our press circles are all rumors, the Lakers called and told all the teams that as long as the price is right, then Westbrook can trade, but they are not very eager for the trade, they want to trade Westbrook and then let the team reduce salary pressure or increase combat strength, and they insist on not giving away the first-round draft pick, because the team's most recent draft pick has been overdrawn to 2027, and then send it away. Then they don't have any suitable chips in the next few years, as I said above, they send Westbrook away, but they don't want to make sacrifices. ”
In fact, Pelinka did not agree to the deal is also some truth, first of all, Wall's physical condition is no one knows, although his agent is Rich Paul may reveal some information to James, but training and playing official games is another matter, and Wood although looking at the data is good, but the defensive end is a big colander, his arrival will only make the team's interior line become a cash machine for other teams.