🚨 We have a big trade! 🚨
USA TODAY Sports' Jeff Zillgitt breaks down the NBA trade market ahead of the deadline.The Los Angeles Lakers have reached a deal to trade guard Russell Westbrook to the Utah Jazz and acquire guard D’Angelo Russell from Minnesota in a three-team deal that also includes Utah sending guard Mike Conley to the Timberwolves, a person familiar with the deal told USA TODAY Sports.
The person requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly until the deal is official. The Lakers will also get Malik Beasley and Jarred Vanderbilt from Utah. Minnesota will receive picks and the Jazz will also receive a first-round draft pick from the Lakers. The Westbrook experiment never quite yielded the results the Lakers sought when they acquired him from Washington in the summer of 2021.
First-year Lakers coach Darvin Ham moved Westbrook to the bench and that staggered the minutes James, Davis and Westbrook were on the court together and freed up Westbrook to play his style. It worked to some degree but not enough to lift the Lakers into solid playoff position.
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