Russell Westbrook is becoming a real bargaining chip in the NBA, since it has been going from franchise to franchise for 4 seasons now. And in Washington, it is obviously a player who gave the green light to his management to send the leader to Los Angeles.
For several years, Russell Westbrook has become a real “journeyman” who goes from franchise to franchise without managing to settle permanently in a group… The proof, over the last 4 seasons he has known 4 different teams, namely the Thunder, where he started, the Rockets, Wizards, and now the Lakers. And except in Oklahoma, he has left a lasting memory nowhere.
However, he was not bad in his new teams, with a big rise in power in Houston, unfortunately stopped by an injury, and a new season in triple-double average in Washington alongside Bradley Beal. This duo had also shown great promise, so seeing it explode after only one year may have surprised some people.
Bradley Beal asked for the trade from Russell Westbrook
But according to the latest information reported by Brian Windhorst ofESPN, this decision to trade Russell Westbrook was not simply that of the managers, who wanted to rebuild around other players. Obviously, Bradley Beal would have been very active in the discussions, and he no longer really wanted to evolve with Mr. Triple-Double. He had a good idea of the team he wanted around him.
Wizards owner Ted Leonsis, GM Tommy Sheppard and All-Star Bradley Beal have a particularly high level of trust, and they stay in communication regularly. Beal, for example, was one of the major players in Russell Westbrook’s trade last summer. To replace him, he was the number one recruiter to bring in Spencer Dinwiddie. Besides, the fullback and his family forged an incredible friendship with Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.
Bradley Beal didn’t necessarily want to play with Russell Westbrook anymore, so he spoke with his executives to trade him, and instead decided to go after Spencer Dinwiddie in the free agent market. A decision that did not necessarily have a major impact on the results, since like last season, the Wizards will undoubtedly have to go through the play-in box to reach the playoffs. Something to make some people nostalgic…
Bradley Beal has obviously had enough of evolving with Russell Westbrook, and this after only one season. He was very active internally to get him off to the Lakers, which is pretty surpriset. And for now, anybody only seems to be winning in the story.
