“The Lakers focus too much on the names …

“The Lakers focus too much on the names versus the games of each person,” one prominent agent told ESPN after the loss to the Trail Blazers. The context of the comment is, of course, that Westbrook, the MVP, gold medalist and all-time triple-doubles leader, has all the clout imaginable. But the trade L.A. stopped pursuing — for the less famous, sharp-shooting Buddy Hield of the Sacramento Kings — to change course and land Westbrook from the Washington Wizards will remain a major what-if so long as the Lakers struggle.