Russell Westbrook

2023 - 2 - 9

Sources - Lakers coach, Russell Westbrook had heated exchange (ESPN)

Russell Westbrook and Lakers coach Darvin Ham had a brief, heated exchange in the locker room during halftime of Tuesday's game, sources told ESPN.

[133-130](/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401468976), the game was highlighted by L.A. star [LeBron James](https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/1966/lebron-james) scoring 38 points and surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the [No. Ham closed the game with Westbrook, who had 14 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter.

Lakers trading Russell Westbrook in massive three-team deal with ... (USA TODAY)

The Lakers are trading Russell Westbrook to Utah in three-team deal that sends Mike Conley to Minnesota and former No. 2 pick D'Angelo Russell to L.A..

The Lakers traded him to Brooklyn after just two seasons, and the Nets dealt him to Golden State as part of the deal that allowed the Nets to sign Kevin Durant. Russell was on the move again in 2020 when Golden State traded him to Minnesota in the deal that sent Andrew Wiggins to the Warriors. He wasn’t a fit alongside LeBron James and Anthony Davis with the Lakers missing the playoffs last season, resulting in coach Frank Vogel’s dismissal, and the Lakers are just 25-30 and in 13th place in the Western Conference this season. Russell returns to the Lakers, the team that drafted him with the No. The Westbrook experiment never quite yielded the results the Lakers sought when they acquired him from Washington in the summer of 2021. The Lakers will also get Malik Beasley and Jarred Vanderbilt from Utah.

Russell Westbrook to Jazz, D'Angelo Russell to Lakers in reported 3 ... (Yahoo Sports)

LeBron James broke the NBA's all-time scoring record in the third quarter of the Lakers loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Los Angeles. On hand for the ...

NBA Trade Tracker: Title contender circles after Lakers finally move ... (Fox Sports)

The Los Angeles Lakers have finally parted ways with troublesome star guard Russell Westbrook in a huge three-way trade before Friday's 7am [AEDT] deadline.

Washington receives: Kendrick Nunn, conditional 2028 second-round pick, 2029 second-round pick San Antonio receives: Dewayne Dedmon, 2028 second-round pick Portland receives: Cam Reddish, a protected future first-round pick

Lakers trade Russell Westbrook for D'Angelo Russell in three-team ... (The Washington Post)

The Westbrook era comes to an end with the Lakers as they reunite with their former first-round pick. Mike Conley will head to Minnesota as part of the ...

[recent trade acquisition Rui Hachimura](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/01/23/rui-hachimura-trade-lakers-wizards/?itid=lk_inline_manual_17), Vanderbilt and Beasley will play key roles in James’s remade supporting cast. The Timberwolves, who have struggled to reach their full offensive potential, will hope that reuniting Gobert with Conley will help the French center find greater consistency and productivity. As the Lakers seek to make a push into the West’s play-in tournament, Russell should serve as a floor-spacing shooter and secondary ballhandler alongside James. However, Ham quickly moved Westbrook to the bench after [erratic late-game decisions](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/10/24/russell-westbrook-lakers-bad-shots/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/10/24/russell-westbrook-lakers-bad-shots/?itid=lk_inline_manual_8) early in the season. [oach Frank Vogel, who was fired](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/04/11/frank-vogel-fired-lakers/?itid=lk_inline_manual_8) at the end of last season. A scoring guard with a soft-touch jumper who made the 2019 all-star team as a member of the Brooklyn Nets, Russell has faced questions about his motor and drive during recent stops with the Golden State Warriors and Timberwolves. 1 option in his third season. [trading for Rudy Gobert](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/07/01/rudy-gobert-trade/?itid=lk_inline_manual_16) and re-signing Towns to a long-term extension last summer, the Timberwolves opted against giving Russell an extension this year. Neither player was openly critical of the other, but James openly pined for the Lakers to trade for Kyrie Irving this week. Cast as the third member of a “Big Three” alongside LeBron James and Anthony Davis, Westbrook proved to be a poor fit as the Lakers missed the 2022 playoffs and entered Wednesday’s action as the West’s 13th seed. 2 pick in the 2015 draft. If an agreement is reached, Westbrook, a nine-time all-star, would be an unrestricted free agent.

Reports: Russell Westbrook, D'Angelo Russell Headline Three ... (News-Daily.com)

With the NBA's stretch run looming, three teams jockeying for Western Conference playoff positioning have shaken up their rosters with a massive trade. The ...