The real reason for the Los Angeles Lakers’ acquisition of Russell Westbrook has been revealed.
general manager Rob Pelinka admitted the Lakers’ blockbuster trade for Westbrook — which saw them part with key holdovers in Kyle Kuzma, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Montrezl Harrell — was due to lessening the workload for LeBron James.
“I think in kind of building the roster in the offseason, obviously we made a big trade for Russell Westbrook to get another playmaker... We knew that as LeBron journeyed towards Year 19 in the league and then Year 20, we couldn’t rely on him as the sole engine for our team, so we made that trade really wanting to dimensionalize the roster with a combination of versatility, guys that could shoot and also defenders,” said Pelinka.
“The way this season started, with Talen being out for a couple months, we still haven’t had Trevor Ariza play and Kendrick Nunn hasn’t played in a game yet... Those were all players that we saw in our top eight, and so getting them healthy and back will really I think be critical in us being able analyze how the puzzle fits together once we have the whole team,” Pelinka continued,
While Pelinka’s answer isn’t surprising, the results haven’t been favorable. The Lakers are just 16-16 — the first defending NBA champions at .500 or below after more than 20 games into the season,Furthermore, while James has sat out games early on in this season, he’s still averaging more minutes per game than he ever has during his Lakers tenure. The 19th-year veteran is averaging 37.0 minutes per game — the most he’s averaged per game since the 2017-18 season.
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