s/lakers - This is what the Lakers should realistically expect for Russ | Fanspo

Posted by

⬤

This is what the Lakers should realistically expect for Russ

This trade was created for the 2022-2023 season.

SUCCESS

Lakers

+2 players ($17.8m),

Cap Impact - $29.2M

Josh Richardson

Josh Richardson

SG, 6' 5", -1.34 LEBRON
low activity

$12.1M

3yrs

SG, 6' 4", -1.64 LEBRON
Athletic Finisher

$5.6M

1yr

+ 0 Wins

+0.57 MPG

-3.44 Off.

+0.10 Def.

Team Option

Romeo Langford currently has a team option for the Spurs this season. The Spurs may decide to decline their option which would make him an unrestricted free agent. You may accept or decline this option, by default it will be accepted. You may also update his contract to perform actions such as a Sign & Trade.

Spurs

+1 player ($47.1m) +2 picks,

Cap Impact + $29.2M

Russell Westbrook

Russell Westbrook

PG, 6' 4", 0.19 LEBRON
low activity

$46.2M

3yrs

Russell Westbrook

Russell Westbrook

PG, 6' 4", 0.19 LEBRON
low activity

$495.9K

3yrs

2027 - Round 1

Top 5 Protected

2029 - Round 1

Top 8 Protected

+ 0 Wins

-0.57 MPG

+3.44 Off.

-0.10 Def.

Player Option

Russell Westbrook currently has a player option for the Lakers this season. He may decide to decline his option and sign with another team. You may accept or decline this option, by default it will be accepted. You may also update his contract to perform actions such as a Sign & Trade.

LEBRON (Luck-adjusted player Estimate using a Box prior Regularized ON-off) impact data is provided by BBall Index . See how LEBRON is calculated, and explore the data.

Trade details

Lakers acquire

Josh Richardson
Romeo Langford

Spurs acquire

Russell Westbrook
2027 LAL top 5 protected first
2029 LAL top 8 protected first

Why would the Lakers have to give up two first round picks to only get Josh Richardson in return?

Here's the thing with Russell Westbrook: he has absolutely no value to any team in the league. Any team he gets traded to would waive him, and pay him at least $40 million for him to play for a different team, if he plays at all. That in itself depreciates all the value Russ holds. If the Lakers realistically want to get off of the Russ contract, they will have to add both of their available picks for trade, in 2027 and 2029, with light protections, and receive little to no compensation in return. The Lakers aren't getting Buddy Hield/Myles Turner or Mike Conley/Bojan Bogdanovic/Rudy Gay or even Kyrie Irving back for Russ, even if they add both picks. That's because like I said, any team that acquires him will buy him out, because he is valueless, and any team is paying a stupid amount of money for him not to play. Just not worth it for a team contending for a title, unlike the Spurs, who would like the extra picks.

3

Likes

0

Flames

0

Quotes