Russell Westbrook is on his way out of Los Angeles and is headed to … the Utah Jazz.
Yes, the same Jazz who appear to be tanking after the blockbuster deal that sent Mike Conley to the Minnesota Timberwolves and Jarred Vanderbilt and Malik Beasley to the Lakers.
So the immediate conclusion everyone made was: There’s probably no way the Jazz hang on to Westbrook. They could buy him out and pave the way for him to join a team he’d like to sign with.
And that brings us to a few pretty good options for the veteran star point guard who struggled to fit in with the Lakers: