Even when LeBron James is putting pressure on los angeles lakers To make a deal that helps himRussell Westbrook and Anthony Davis don’t seem to be out yet.
according to The same story Chris Haynes posted on Bleacher Report As quoted several times today, the team is not yet close to a Westbrook deal and has not purchased Davis.
With Russell Westbrook finding success in his new role as sixth man, the Lakers are now getting calls about his availability, sources say, but negotiations are at a serious stage. is not.
Despite the buzz on social media, sources say the Lakers aren’t considering a trade for Davis. In order for such a dialogue to occur, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul had received a call from an interested team asking if he would agree to an extension if his client traded for him. Deaf. Those conversations did not take place, sources say.
and despite some A highly speculative report from Bill Simmons sparked a whole news cycle about Anthony Davis’ deal — sure, Best regards Participated — it wasn’t particularly likely that Davis would be traded this year, especially midseason.To be fair, this is mostly what we said on this siteSo this isn’t all that surprising, but still, Rich Paul is great for laying that story for us, at least for now.
As for the Westbrook part of this…well, let’s just say I’m not surprised that nothing is imminent.Westbrook’s dedication to the bench role is commendable, but teams are still hard to find a) I have the pieces to help the Lakers b) We also hope that Russ will actually play for them this season. In any of these reported calls, how he’s playing is irrelevant, and that doesn’t take into account what the Lakers still seem to be. Either way, he’s pretty committed not to put both of his currently available first-round picks on any deal he’s involved in.which has long seemed like a prerequisite for teams to take on his contract.
In short, it doesn’t look like there was really a big change here. But it is noteworthy in and of itself. Especially since the Lakers season is coming to an end.
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