The basketball world was stirred on Wednesday with the news that Russell Westbrook had requested a trade from the Houston Rockets, potentially ending the marriage between the two parties after just one not-that-successful season.
Despite the Rockets’ early oust from the playoffs, however, Westbrook did post a strong season, averaging 27.2 points, 7.9 rebounds and 7.0 assists per game and shooting a career-best 47.2 percent from the floor.
As such, even despite Westbrook’s insane contract, which will make him the second-highest-paid player in basketball next season and doesn’t expire until 2022-23, when the future Hall-of-Famer will be 34, Westbrook still has the production and star power necessary to gather plenty of interest on the trade market.
Moving him won’t be simple, but it’ll be far easier than many are making it sound like it’ll be.
Below, we break down four potential trade destinations for Russell Westbrook.