As the offseason gets into full swing, there have been more and more rumors that the Lakers will be willing to keep Russell Westbrook on the 2022-23 roster if the price to unload his contract is too high. The latest such report came from Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report, who wrote, “in the absence of a deal that makes them demonstrably better, the Lakers may keep Westbrook.”
On the latest episode of “I Love Basketball”, your hosts Raj Chipalu and Sabreena Merchant attempted to determine if the Lakers have actually had a change of heart on Westbrook — and to be clear, his first season in purple and gold was an abject disaster — or if this is merely public posturing to help the Lakers in an eventual trade.