On the morning before the Lakers played their first preseason game, Jovan Buha, Shams Charania and Sam Amick of The Athletic made waves with a massive report on the team’s efforts to trade Russell Westbrook, including previously unreported details on multiple versions of deals that would have seen them send Westbrook to the Indiana Pacers for Myles Turner and Buddy Hield that ultimately haven’t gone through yet... but ultimately could at some point.
And even in a summer where Westbrook trade rumors hitting the internet were about as rare as roaches in a hoarder's house, this was a big enough story that even new head coach Darvin Ham and Westbrook himself were asked about it.