NBA News: Los Angeles Lakers apparently searched for TradePartner for Russell Westbrook

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The Los Angeles Lakers have apparently classified the trade for Russell Westbrook as a mistake last summer and now seem to be looking for a trade partner for the Point Guard. This reports Sam Mick of the athletic.

Thus, the interest of the remaining 29 teams on a trade for Westbrook was very low. The 33-year-old has a very highly doped contract, which expires after the 2022-23 season and still brings a cap hit of about $47 million in the coming season.

Westbrook was already married to this contract from the Thunder to the Rockets, then to the Wizards and ultimately to Los Angeles. The deadline for trades this season is on February 10th.

A scout of an opposing team has shared the following assessment with Mick: Westbrook is only an insurance if LeBron fails. You can not have two balls for 48 minutes and Westbrook is useless away from the ball and too hectic on the ball.

Westbrook has so far set up an average of 19.5 points, 8.1 rebounds, 8.1 assists and 1.2 steals per game, at shooting splits of 45.2 / 30.0 / 65.4. Fewer points have launched the UCLA graduate last in the 2009/10 season, unlike his co-stars James and Anthony Davis, he did not miss a single game of the season.

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The Lakers have won their past three games and climbed back to the sixth and last direct playoff place of Western Conference with a balance sheet of 20-19.