The Los Angeles Lakers have acquired guard Russell Westbrook and three future second round picks from the Washington Wizards in exchange for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Montrezl Harrell, Kyle Kuzma and the draft rights to Isaiah Jackson, it was announced today.
The NBA’s all-time leader in triple-doubles (184) and 2017 Most Valuable Player, Westbrook is a nine-time All-Star and nine-time All-NBA honoree with career averages of 23.2 points (.437 FG%), 8.5 assists, 7.4 rebounds and 1.7 steals in 943 games (926 starts) for Oklahoma City, Houston and Washington. Westbrook is a two-time scoring champion, three-time assists leader and a one-time Olympian, helping Team USA to a gold medal in 2012.