Russell Westbrook III is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. A member of the NBA 75th Anniversary Team, he is a nine-time NBA All-Star and earned the NBA Most Valuable Player Award for the 2016–17 season.
Russell Westbrook: Trade to Lakers| Trade to Nets| Trade to Rockets| Did get traded to the Knicks
Trade to Lakers:
The Lakers point guard and his longtime agent, Thad Foucher of Wasserman, have parted ways amid a contentious offseason, Foucher told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Friday.
Foucher had represented Westbrook since the beginning of his NBA career, starting with his fourth overall selection in the 2008 NBA draft and through his MVP-winning Thunder tenure and trades to the Houston Rockets, Washington Wizards and Lakers. To date, he has made $288 million in NBA salary, per Spotrac.
Trade to Nets:
Jazz succeed in trading away Donovan Mitchell, then they’re definitely headed for a full rebuild. They will be needing as many future assets as they can get their hands on, and the Nets could offer a handful of future draft picks along with Westbrook.
Utah will also be able to get Patrick Beverley’s salary off their books, along with a few other veteran players by sending them to LA in exchange for Russ.
Trade to Rockets:
In a statement, Foucher said: “I represented Russell Westbrook for 14 years and am proud of our partnership which included a highly successful 2008 draft, a super-max contract and the only renegotiation-and-extend max contract in history.”
I also supported Russell throughout his rise into a prominent fashion industry figure and recently orchestrated three successive trades on Russell’s behalf — culminating with the trade to his hometown Los Angeles Lakers.
Did get traded to the Knicks:
A three-team trade discussed on the ESPN morning show “Keyshawn, JWill and Max” sends Westbrook to the New York after only one season in L.A. Former NBA guard and co-host Jay Williams proposes the Lakers dealing Westbrook and two first-round picks to the Knicks.
Ultimately, Westbrook gets bought out by the Jazz and he ends up becoming a free agent. He will then be free to join the team of his choosing.
Born: November 12, 1988 (age 33 years), Long Beach, CA
