Last summer there were rumors that the Lakers are looking to trade Russell Westbrook, but no deal was made and the point guard started the season with the Purple and Gold. Just a few games into the season the former league MVP was demoted to a bench role as Los Angeles struggled as a team.
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Photo: Los Angeles Lakers/Twitter Russell Westbrook is yet to suit for the Jazz since getting traded to Utah by the Lakers before the trade deadline. It is expected that the former NBA MVP will agree to a buyout with his new team and will hit free agency. The Bulls are showing serious interest in the
Having won 11 championships in 13 seasons, Bill Russell talks about his approach to the game as a competitor. Stay up-to-date on news, live scores & stats with the NBA App: Subscribe to the NBA:
SAN ANTONIO — Russell Westbrook had blood covering his face after taking a flagrant foul to his forehead when LeBron James intervened to pull the Los Angeles Lakers point guard away from the fray and cover the cut with a towel in the third quarter Saturday. It wasn’t the flashiest sequence the pair were involved
The Bonnet Gang kicked off its latest episode of the Triple Threat Podcast, entitled #Russergence, with a look at the Lakers’ first win of the season in which Russell Westbrook had 18 points, eight rebounds and eight assists off the bench. After the game, Lakers head coach Darvin Ham said that Westbrook took the blame
Photo: Getty Images The Los Angeles Lakers are playing terribly right now, but there’s one thing they should not do – trade point guard Russell Westbrook … so says Ty Dolla $ign, who tells TMZ Sports he believes the Purple & Gold can still turn things around with the current squad. “Don’t do that,” the
Photo: Los Angeles Lakers/YouTube Recently a new report from The Athletic came out suggesting that the Lakers could trade Russell Westbrook in the coming weeks and months. The former NBA MVP is preparing for the season with the team even though his future remains uncertain. Following the team’s first preseason game against the Kings, head
Photo: Los Angeles Lakers/YouTube It has been reported on numerous occasions that the Lakers would like to trade Russell Westbrook before the start of the season. The former NBA MVP is set to earn $47 million next season which pushes back most of the teams that would otherwise be interested in trading for him. Only
Maybe someday there will be a clear-eyed explanation for why the Lakers decided to push in for Russell Westbrook, to trust their stars’ desires for another All-NBA type instead of a more minor alteration in the form of Buddy Hield. Maybe it was just a short-sighted grab at more firepower. Maybe it was about asserting
Photo: Los Angeles Lakers/YouTube There is still a possibility that Russell Westbrook will be traded by the Lakers before the start of the season. Some expect Los Angeles to increase their efforts in looking for potential trade partners as training camp gets closer. At this point two teams are thought to be the most likely
The National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) announced today that they will honor the life and legacy of 11-time NBA champion and civil rights pioneer Bill Russell by permanently retiring his uniform number, 6, throughout the league. The iconic Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer will be the first player to
On the Monday edition of “Closer Look,” Ron Thomas, chair of the Journalism in Sports, Culture and Social Justice Department at Morehouse College, discusses NBA Hall of Fame and civil rights activist Bill Russell, who died Sunday. Acquired to Celtics in 1956, Russell’s trade is considered by many among the most game-changing switches in sports
BOSTON CELTICS TEAM STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF BILL RUSSELL To be the greatest champion in your sport, to revolutionize the way the game is played, and to be a societal leader all at once seems unthinkable, but that is who Bill Russell was. Bill was a champion unlike any other in the history of
Bill Russell had more N.B.A. championship rings than he had fingers and as many Most Valuable Player Awards as all other Boston Celtics players combined. But in the hours after Russell’s family announced his death on Sunday, N.B.A. players remembered him as so much more. Legend. Trailblazer. “Everything we all aspired to be,” Isiah Thomas,
Editor’s Note: Welcome to the third annual edition of Seth Partnow’s NBA Player Tiers project, in which he names the top 125 players in the league after each season and then separates them into five distinct categories of value, each with their own sub-categories to further delineate them. These are not meant to be read
Photo: AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez Star guard Russell Westbrook stays with the Los Angeles Lakers and sends a message to all the haters who don’t like it by posting a video of him absolutely rockin’ out to Beyonce’s “Break My Soul.”
Photo: Los Angeles Lakers/YouTube It’s not guaranteed that Russell Westbrook will return to the Lakers next season, but if he does, the team’s new head coach Darvin Ham has a plan on how to use him on the court. After a disappointing first year in Los Angeles there is uncertainty surrounding the future of the
According to multiple sources, the Los Angeles Lakers have no plans to give up a first-round draft pick to trade Russell Westbrook. Per Jovan Buha of The Athletic, teams have been inquiring for Westbrook, and the interested general managers are also seeking a minimum of one first-round draft pick as well. However, the Lakers front
Here’s the St. Paul Pioneer Press on Minnesota Timberwolves guard D’Angelo Russell: D’Angelo Russell, the man known for having “ice in his veins” — an ode to his clutch shot making — spent the most important minutes of the Timberwolves’ season on the bench. Russell sat in favor of Jordan McLaughlin for the final five
Photo: Spectrum SportsNet/Twitter The future of Russell Westbrook in Los Angeles is uncertain. Even though the 33-year-old superstar is expected to exercise his player option which would net him $47 million next season, the Lakers are rumored to be looking into ways to move him. During the season exit interview Russ made comments indicating that
Dave McMenamin joins Malika Andrews on NBA Today to give an update on the incident between Carmelo Anthony and the Philadelphia 76ers fans. He also gives an update on the status of LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook. ✔️Subscribe to ESPN+ ✔️ Get the ESPN App: ✔️Subscribe to ESPN on YouTube: ✔️ Subscribe to
Photo: Los Angeles Lakers/YouTube Russell Westbrook has not been playing like his usual self, especially lately. It seems that the superstar point guard is still adjusting to not being the team’s go-to guy. Lakers general manager and vice president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka, who previously represented players as an agent, talked about Westbrook’s situation
The Los Angeles Lakers have been a team heavily involved in trade rumors this season, specifically regarding point guard Russell Westbrook. However, it seems as though the Lakers have changed their tune on moving Westbrook. According to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne, the Lakers are not looking to trade Westbrook and are now focusing on winning with
MINNEAPOLIS — Brooklyn fell out of first place in the Eastern Conference. And it was a former Net who knocked them off their perch. The last time the Nets faced the Timberwolves, D’Angelo Russell admitted he might not get any extra juice playing against his old team but sure would facing the general manager who
Russell Westbrook had 18 points, 11 rebounds, seven assists and three steals on Friday in a Los Angeles Lakers win over the Orlando Magic. He was 8-of-17 from the field. However, in three games from Jan. 7 to Jan. 12 he shot a combined 8-of-40 from the field, opening the door for the Bonnet Gang
Russell Westbrook had a strong performance in a game against the Orlando Magic after being benched for the final four minutes in the previous game. The 33-year-old point guard had 18 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists in 35 minutes of play. He mate 8 of 17 shots which was an improvement compared to some
The Los Angeles Lakers would probably love a do-over on the Russell Westbrook trade right about now. They are a disappointing 22-23 through 45 games due in large part to Westbrook’s disappointing season, and on Wednesday, he was benched for the final 3:52 of their loss to the Indiana Pacers. With the trade deadline approaching,
Russell Westbrook saw the bigger picture in his response to being benched in the final minutes of Wednesday’s 111-104 loss to the Pacers. “I was disappointed I didn’t go back in, but I’m more disappointed that we lost the damn game,” Westbrook told ESPN on Friday. “I want to be able to be on the floor to
Houston Rockets could be interested in acquiring Los Angeles Lakers’ star guard Russell Westbrook if the deal was “incentivized” according to longtime NBA insider Marc Stein. The Rockets are willing to offer John Wall to match Westbrook’s contract, but they want to receive sufficient draft compensation in return. The Rockets traded Westbrook to the Wizards for Wall and
Russell Westbrook’s benching in the fourth quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers loss to the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday has dominated the NBA headlines. Storylines started appearing from his leaving the arena and not making himself available to the media to the Lakers front office giving Frank Vogel the green light to bench him. The