Former MVP point guard Russell Westbrook plans to sign with the Los Angeles Clippers once he agrees to a buyout with his current team, the Utah Jazz. With Westbrook being traded from the Los Angeles Lakers to the Utah Jazz at the trading deadline which was February 9th.
With Westbrook signing a massive five year extension with the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2017, Russell has been traded to five teams since then and will now join his sixth team since signing the extension. With Westbrook’s contract being one of the worst contracts in the league it’s been seen as a negative and a salary cap dump for most teams around the league. Russell has been a great player in this league for a long time but the 34 year old guard is and has been seen as a player who fills up the stat sheet and is not a winning player.
Westbrook was having a pretty good year with the Lakers as he was averaging 15.9 points, 7.5 assists and 6.2 rebounds over 52 games this season before getting traded to Utah. This is a pretty kind bogling move by the Clippers as they don’t seem like a good with the Westbrook as he is a very turnover prone player and a poor shooter which the Clippers need more of since they traded some shooters away at this past trade deadline.
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