Here’s Why The Lakers Traded For Russell Westbrook

The Lakers are moving on from Kyle Kuzma, Montrezl Harrell and Caldwell-Pope in order to acquire Wizards guard Russell Westbrook. The Lakers still want to add some shooting but it seems like the move to add a scorer in the backcourt with Lebron and AD was more pressing.

Here are the details on the Lakers adding the former MVP:

The Washington Wizards have agreed to trade Russell Westbrook, 2024 second-round pick, 2028 second-round pick to the Los Angeles Lakers for Kyle Kuzma, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Montrezl Harrell and No. 22 tonight, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 30, 2021

We will see how it works out. Lebron has a weird way of making these odd fits work exceptionally well next to him. Imagine the Lebron-Kyrie pairing but with the elite driving ability of Westbrook, and oh yeah Anthony Davis down low to clean it up.

Fans can’t complain because Lebron and the Lakers are adding talent. There are no such thing as super teams anymore once everyone let the Warriors get away with adding Kevin Durant who then left and formed a team with Kyrie and James Harden. This is how KD is playing, so this is how the league is playing.