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Lakers: Bill Simmons Proposes Fascinating New Potential Russell Westbrook Trade Destination

Perhaps the Lakers are still interested in trading away Russell Westbrook?

Ryan Menzie

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The Lakers have looked better, but clearly there is much more work to do. Trade talks will continue to circulate around Russell Westbrook with sports analyst Bill Simmons coming up with a new idea for a trade package.

What Westbrook has been doing since coming off the bench has propelled the Lakers into the right direction, but the team still owes Westbrook $47.1 million. While Westbrook has been playing on this hot streak, his value continues to rise giving the Lakers more options for some deals before letting him walk at the end of the season.

A new idea revolves around the Chicago Bulls. A trade that will send the Lakers a guard and big man but will have to still be ok with sending over two first round picks with Westbrook (via The Ringer).

"(Demar) Derozan and (Nikola) Vucevic to the Lakers for Russ and Two Firsts. Make the '27 unprotected and makethe '29 top-five protected. If you're the Lakers and you're going to keep (Anthony) Davis, which I think is insane but it seems like they're going to, if you're gonna have LeBron, and the West is wide open so you can talk yourself into it. What happens if the trade doesn't work? (Rob) Pelinka gets fired. He gets fired anyway."

Do the Lakers value their draft picks over proven players? This is the question left before the team decides to make any huge moves. 

Perhaps the season is already lost and championship aspirations can wait until next season. Or, the Lakers make what they can in what could be some of the last few good seasons left for LeBron James. 

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RYAN MENZIE

Ryan Menzie | Lead Contributor Ryan is an LA Native who has grown up praising the greatest athletes LA has had to offer. A love for sports ranging between basketball, football, volleyball and golf, a future Sports Management Masters graduate, and being engulfed into organized sports since seven years old, the passion and love for sports never ends for Ryan. If the words he writes don't paint the full picture of his true fandom, he will find more ways than one to tell the story and be more than willing to open up a nice LA sports debate with you. Favorite Player: Kobe Bryant  Favorite Moment: Kobe Bryant Final Game. Too many moments to choose from between Derek Fishers 0.4 second buzzer beater, the Lakers 3-peat or game seven against Boston, but can't beat a final memory like Kobe's final game. 

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