Russell averaged 17.7 points, 5.7 assists, and 3.5 rebounds over his 478-game career. He’s a career 36% shooter from 3-point range, but shot a career-high 39% from downtown this season. He’s in the last year of his contract, so it’s unknown if the Lakers will sign him in the off-season.<\/p>\n
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The Lakers lacked consistent 3-point shooting this season, and they upgraded their perimeter shooting with Russell and Malik Beasley. During his seven-year career, Beasley had three seasons in which he shot 40% or better from 3-point range. Beasley started 13 games with the Timberwolves this season and excelled as their sixth man. He averaged 13.4 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game off the bench this season. Beasley has one more year left on his contract, but it’s a club option, so the Lakers could pick that up for $16.5 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The Lakers also added power forward Jarred Vanderbilt, who provides them with rebounding and defense. He started 41 games for the Timberwolves this season and averaged a career-high 8.3 points and 7.9 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n
Utah Jazz Stockpiling Draft Picks<\/h2>\n The Jazz were looking to trade veteran guard Mike Conley, and he found a home with the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves are a young team, and Conley can provide them with much-needed wisdom.<\/p>\n
The Timberwolves also acquired shooting guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker from the Jazz. He showed flashes of success early in his career with the New Orleans Pelicans, but he barely saw any playing time with the Jazz.<\/p>\n
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The Timberwolves gave up four first-round picks during an off-season trade with the Jazz for center Rudy Gobert. Although this Westbrook multiteam deal didn’t involve any first-rounders to the Timberwolves, they acquired three second-round picks from the Jazz.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The Jazz added Westbrook to their roster, but they really wanted to add another first-round pick to their growing arsenal of draft capital. The Jazz now have 15 first-round picks between 2023 and 2029. They accumulated a horde of picks by trading Gobert to the Timberwolves and dealing guard Donovan Mitchell to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the off-season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After a year of speculation, the Los Angeles Lakers finally unloaded point guard Russell Westbrook. They did so in a three-team deal involving the Utah Jazz and Minnesota Timberwolves on the eve of the NBA trade deadline. The Lakers sent Westbrook, center Damian Jones, small forward Juan Toscano-Anderson, and a protected 2027 first-round draft pick […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":258749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83079,1074],"tags":[84540,81255,84950,84344,81033,84680,84470,82869,81734],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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