Trade Russell Westbrook
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out what the first goal that the Lakers need to attain – and that’s trading Russell Westbrook. Russ was the team’s prized offseason move a year ago and it didn’t pan out – to put it nicely.
Russ was not a good fit at all with LeBron and AD and this front office now has to pay the price for fixing that. It might be costly but this front office needs to find a way it can move off of Westbrook’s contract without it being too debilitating.
It will take getting creative but that’s the job of the front office. All the greats are generally able to right a wrong. Perhaps most might not be able to do it in the course of one offseason, but the Lakers have to be in desperation mode considering this team has an aging LeBron on the roster.
Trade Russ. Whatever the cost.