This might be the best 2 minutes & 13 seconds of your morning.
https://twitter.com/goatedwok/status/1510156977049006083?s=21&t=XiujdAGB9hB0qcqPrsWB4g
LOL
I enjoyed that but in the back of my mind I’m aware that Lakers won’t ever endure an extended fall from grace. So the joy of one year of humiliation will soon be undone when the next wave of top 5 players sign or force a trade there.
I mean they were just pretty bad a number of years in a row as they drafted randle, russell, ingram etc. They don't have much salary flexibility. Can't see how they move Westbrook next year either.
They won't have many options, but there are a lot of bad contracts in the league that are longer than Westbrook. I could see a team taking on Russ for future salary relief.
Something like this makes some level of sense for example
Westbrook, Reaves for Hardaway, Bertans
Dallas then just buys Westbrook out and clears a ton of future space, allowing them to re-sign Brunson and getting a decent enough young player for their bench.
No idea if Dallas does that, but some trade like that will exist, but it would require L.A. to actually take on long term money, which we learned they weren't willing to do last summer or at the trade deadline. If LA won't take on any contracts past Lebron's contract, then they are stuck with Westbrook, but if they'd take on money to get out from under him, then there will be trades. And obviously Hardaway and Bertans are mediocre role players, but they are decent shooters and would fit well with James and Davis.
