The Lakers' game of the season has long since ended, and they have sacked the team's coach Vogel and begun the team's adjustment. The biggest problem in the offseason is how to send Westbrook away, and from the current state, it seems that the Hornets are the most likely team to trade with the Lakers!
According to BR reporter Jack Fisher, the Hornets will renew Bridges' contract with a $5-year, $173 million top salary this offseason. This means that Hayward, who still has a two-year, $60 million contract, will have a further reduction in the team's role. And according to sources, Hayward is currently focused on recovering from an injured foot injury while being interested in leaving the Hornets in the offseason!
In fact, compared with Westbrook, Hayward's contract is not much better, there are not many teams in the league willing to get Hayward, and when the Hornets traded Hayward, it also caused a lot of controversy. Since Jordan is very interested in Westbrook, and there has been news that the Hornets are interested in Westbrook, there seems to be a great chance that both sides will be able to complete the deal!
At present, Hayward + Oubre or Plumlee can match the Westbrook deal depending on whether the two sides can negotiate chips. The Lakers are very keen to trade Westbrook away, if they trade Westbrook with Hayward and Oubre, and do not use the Lakers to send the first-round draft pick, then they should be very willing to trade, even if they get Hayward and Oubre, the team sent the first round pick, it should be acceptable. On the Hornets side, if Hayward wants to leave, it is also a very good choice to trade Westbrook, a player jordan admires very much!
So for the Lakers and Hornets, the trade seems to be imperative, from the current point of view, the biggest probability may be that the Lakers use Westbrook + first-round signing to get Hayward + Oubre or Plumlee! The deal should be able to make Hayward, Westbrook, Lakers and Hornets all four parties very happy!