Brian Windhorst’s podcast, “The Hoop Collective’s”, Tim Bontemps proposed this trade.

His rationale was that the Nets buy out Westbrook and have over $47M in cap space from that deal.

The Nets get off of the “worst contract in Ben Simmons”, and they also get off of the “worst attitude” in sports, in Kyrie.

The Lakers easily, if everyone is healthy and plays to expectations, jump to the Top 3 in the West conversation.

The Nets then get to either build around KD and fill over $70M in Cap Space or ask him if he wants out too and can trade him for even more picks and young players.