Shams: Lakers, Jazz, T-Wolves Agree on Deal that will send Westbrook to Utah, D-Lo to Lakers, Conley to Wolves

[timO]

Russ haters Will cry, he ringchase while LeBron completes another awful Lakers season.

[nzahir]

Russ haters Will cry, he ringchase while LeBron completes another awful Lakers season.

Please tell me how the last 8 years have gone for Russ when it came to winning please

Russ in a small bench role for 10-20 min with spacing can do some decent stuff, albeit an awful defender who will also take dumb shots and make some awful TOs

But he cant play in the 4th Q for sure or versus a high iq defensive team

[KyRo23]

Russ haters Will cry, he ringchase while LeBron completes another awful Lakers season.

Please tell me how the last 8 years have gone for Russ when it came to winning please

Russ in a small bench role for 10-20 min with spacing can do some decent stuff, albeit an awful defender who will also take dumb shots and make some awful TOs

But he cant play in the 4th Q for sure or versus a high iq defensive team

Don’t bother. You’ll be arguing with a wall. An unstable wall.

[MAMBAEMD]

For the Lakers, the most important aspect of getting rid of Westbrook was just how inefficient he was in the paint and from mid-range.

Westbrook was killing the team when he drove to the rim or pulled-up for a jumpshot

RESTRICTED AREA
Westbrook - 57.7%
D'Angelo - 70.3%

IN THE PAINT (NON RA)
Westbrook - 31.9%
D'Angelo - 42.5%

MID-RANGE
Westbrook - 31.4%
D'Angelo - 51.1%

LA Will not make playoffs, Will be sad to view that the problem was not Russ.

Well the problem now Will be the new Russ

But hey you can celebrate LeBron records, maybe give him.a ring for every.

Interesting... WB still has a fan club... I assume it's a dusty PO box that rarely gets checked at this point... But still... Props on the commitment.

Not sure how much of the nonsense is Russ fan club driven vs. Laker/LBJ hate driven.

I see elements of both.

Either way, not very impressive.

[timO]

Russ haters Will cry, he ringchase while LeBron completes another awful Lakers season.

Please tell me how the last 8 years have gone for Russ when it came to winning please

Russ in a small bench role for 10-20 min with spacing can do some decent stuff, albeit an awful defender who will also take dumb shots and make some awful TOs

But he cant play in the 4th Q for sure or versus a high iq defensive team

Don’t bother. You’ll be arguing with a wall. An unstable wall.

The wall for bron is finish 11 on west, day to davis mvp cant even play in

[nzahir]

Russ haters Will cry, he ringchase while LeBron completes another awful Lakers season.

Please tell me how the last 8 years have gone for Russ when it came to winning please

Russ in a small bench role for 10-20 min with spacing can do some decent stuff, albeit an awful defender who will also take dumb shots and make some awful TOs

But he cant play in the 4th Q for sure or versus a high iq defensive team

Don’t bother. You’ll be arguing with a wall. An unstable wall.

Russ fans know the truth

Just pull up the numbers in the playoffs

Doesn't even do how bad he is justice though b/c it doesn't capture his F- defense or how his man literally doubles/helps his own star player like KD, Harden, or Bron/AD

Need to actually watch a few min too

[nzahir]

Please tell me how the last 8 years have gone for Russ when it came to winning please

Russ in a small bench role for 10-20 min with spacing can do some decent stuff, albeit an awful defender who will also take dumb shots and make some awful TOs

But he cant play in the 4th Q for sure or versus a high iq defensive team

Don’t bother. You’ll be arguing with a wall. An unstable wall.

The wall for bron is finish 11 on west, day to davis mvp cant even play in

Enjoy watching Russ in China next year

[timO]

Don’t bother. You’ll be arguing with a wall. An unstable wall.

The wall for bron is finish 11 on west, day to davis mvp cant even play in

Enjoy watching Russ in China next year

China better sign LeBron, he can put empty records there, maybe break Chamberlain records

But he dont make playoffs in china too,

[perempe20]

It's irrelevant after the KD trade.

[fendilim]

Dwade with the assist to lebron

[PharmD]

Wolves entire existence is to help other franchises get better.

Lakers literally robbed them and came out with three useful players.

Huh?

We upgraded DLo to Conley and got three 2nds for doing it.

To somehow get three 2nds for 24 games of DLo (who isn't good) is great imo

[Mich3006]

The Lakers gonna let D’Angelo Ratsell back in???

Also, Pelinka should be fired for not pulling the trigger on Buddy/Myles Turner for Russ if this trade goes through.


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If it really was bc of a 1st, firing Pelinka wouldn´t be enough.

[Pacernation]

What an amazing trade for the Lakers. Getting 2 solid players on good contracts and an expiring in Russel who might be good for them aswell for WB and a protected first is highway robbery. And the Lakers didn't have much leverage either. Everybody knew they want to get rid of WB and they still managed to do it without really destroying their future. Well done.

Wolves get the corpse of Conley and some 2nds.. really? I thought they want to compete and this is all they could come up with?

The Jazz got their pick.. but considering the Lakers lottery luck..

[John Murdoch]

What an amazing trade for the Lakers. Getting 2 solid players on good contracts and an expiring in Russel who might be good for them aswell for WB and a protected first is highway robbery. And the Lakers didn't have much leverage either. Everybody knew they want to get rid of WB and they still managed to do it without really destroying their future. Well done.

Wolves get the corpse of Conley and some 2nds.. really? I thought they want to compete and this is all they could come up with?

The Jazz got their pick.. but considering the Lakers lottery luck..

Refreshing candidness comin from a Pacer fan ..we def all wanted Myles/Buddy initially but its undeniable Pelinkas patience paid off. Thing is tho we def dont start in that 2-10 hole if we did the Indy deal..so jury is still out if we miss the playin its still a failure season imo

[Pacernation]

What an amazing trade for the Lakers. Getting 2 solid players on good contracts and an expiring in Russel who might be good for them aswell for WB and a protected first is highway robbery. And the Lakers didn't have much leverage either. Everybody knew they want to get rid of WB and they still managed to do it without really destroying their future. Well done.

Wolves get the corpse of Conley and some 2nds.. really? I thought they want to compete and this is all they could come up with?

The Jazz got their pick.. but considering the Lakers lottery luck..

Refreshing candidness comin from a Pacer fan ..we def all wanted Myles/Buddy initially but its undeniable Pelinkas patience paid off. Thing is tho we def dont start in that 2-10 hole if we did the Indy deal..so jury is still out if we miss the playin its still a failure season imo

Why is that? Are Pacerfans around here known as disingenuous homers? I think I can be objective and still hate on your team or lebron..

But you're right. If you miss the playin, the trade wasn't worth it.

[Gusto1903]

How do the Wolves get fleeced all the time

[Slava]

Russ haters Will cry, he ringchase while LeBron completes another awful Lakers season.

Yeah he's going to ring chase, like Wile E. Coyote chasing the road runner.

[Slava]

How do the Wolves get fleeced all the time

Wolves did well here. They get 2nds to upgrade from Russell to Conley due to the fact that Conley has more guaranteed money left on his deal next season, which they don't care about. This is a great trade that threads the needle such that everyone fills their very niche needs.

[Hugi Mancura]

Honestly, this is best you get for Conley, Beasley, Vanderbilt, NAW and two second round picks? A pick which might end up being later than the picks you conveyed.

I wouldn't be surprised if Ainge somehow will be hired as Lakers GM in next summer, cause that is the only way this trade makes any sense from Utah's point of view.

[baldur]

Honestly, this is best you get for Conley, Beasley, Vanderbilt, NAW and two second round picks? A pick which might end up being later than the picks you conveyed.

I wouldn't be surprised if Ainge somehow will be hired as Lakers GM in next summer, cause that is the only way this trade makes any sense from Utah's point of view.

Vanderbilt is overrated.
Naw might be out of league and nobody will miss him.
Conley is 35 years old, can play on a rotation level one or two more years.
Beasley is problematic, crackhead, role player.

What were you expecting?
Stop overrating role players.