{"id":59370,"date":"2022-08-29T04:37:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T04:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/donovan-mitchell-trade-may-come-with-russell-westbrook-lakers-twist\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T04:37:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T04:37:37","slug":"donovan-mitchell-trade-may-come-with-russell-westbrook-lakers-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/donovan-mitchell-trade-may-come-with-russell-westbrook-lakers-twist\/","title":{"rendered":"Donovan Mitchell trade may come with Russell Westbrook-Lakers twist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Lakers appear willing to get creative to try to shed Russell Westbrook and his massive $47 million contract before the start of the season.<\/p>\n<p>NBA insider Marc Stein reported in his Sunday newsletter, per Yahoo Sports that if the Jazz choose to trade superstar Donovan Mitchell to the Knicks or any other team, there is a \u201cdecent chance\u201d the Lakers would be involved as a third team.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Russell Westbrook and Donovan Mitchell<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Charles Wenzelberg\/NY Post, Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>According to Stein, the hope for Los Angeles would be to get quality role players back as their 2027 and 2029 first-round draft picks \u2014 the only ones the Lakers have under their control this decade \u2014 would be of interest to the pick-hungry Jazz .  The Lakers, however, are only interested in trading those picks in a deal that would help make them a true NBA title container after missing the postseason all together last season.<\/p>\n<p>Having multiple teams involved would widen the talent pool they could pull from compared to a two-sided transaction.  Stein offered up the hypothetical of Los Angles landing Bojan Bogdanovic from the Jazz and Evan Fournier from the Knicks and whether that would be enough to pry the picks from the Lakers.<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks and Jazz, according to The Post&#8217;s Marc Berman are locked in a trade stalemate over the number of first-round picks that would be included in the potential package for Mitchell, while the Lakers traded for guard Patrick Beverley this past week.  The deal signaled the possibility that Westbrook&#8217;s days in LA continuing to be numbered as the team has reportedly tried to deal him all offseason.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lakers appear willing to get creative to try to shed Russell Westbrook and his massive $47 million contract before the start of the season. NBA insider Marc Stein reported in his Sunday newsletter, per Yahoo Sports that if the Jazz choose to trade superstar Donovan Mitchell to the Knicks or any other team, there &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/donovan-mitchell-trade-may-come-with-russell-westbrook-lakers-twist\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Donovan Mitchell trade may come with Russell Westbrook-Lakers twist<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[3051,379,68,312,382,307,1654],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36730,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/knicks-in-russell-westbrook-donovan-mitchell-trade-rumor\/","url_meta":{"origin":59370,"position":0},"title":"Knicks in Russell Westbrook-Donovan Mitchell trade rumor","date":"August 5, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Donovan Mitchell is a member of the Jazz, with NBA trade talks having cooled in August after a flurry of activity early in the offseason. Though fans are likely disappointed by a lack of blockbuster deals that have transpired of late, one big one was apparently discussed. The Lakers, Knicks\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"A blockbuster deal involving Russell Westbrook, left, and Donovan Mitchell was apparently discussed this offseason.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/russ_donovan.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":37014,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/nba-trade-rumors-lakers-have-discussed-3-team-trade-with-jazz-knicks\/","url_meta":{"origin":59370,"position":1},"title":"NBA Trade Rumors: Lakers have discussed 3-team trade with Jazz, Knicks","date":"August 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"When it comes to Russell Westbrook, much of the discussion about his trade partners has been focused on the Brooklyn Nets and Indiana Pacers. One other interesting scenario that previously existed in theory was a deal with the now-tanking Utah Jazz. That theory may have been a reality, or at\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":36690,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lakers-knicks-jazz-talked-massive-westbrook-mitchell-trade\/","url_meta":{"origin":59370,"position":2},"title":"Lakers, Knicks, Jazz talked massive Westbrook, Mitchell trade","date":"August 5, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"This needs to be emphasized up front: Not only did this trade obviously not happen, but things also remain incredibly quiet on the trade front, and no deal similar to this appears close to happening anytime soon. If ever.However, the Lakers, Knicks, and Jazz discussed a three-team trade that would\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":36406,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lakers-talked-to-knicks-jazz-about-possible-three-team-trade\/","url_meta":{"origin":59370,"position":3},"title":"Lakers Talked To Knicks, Jazz About Possible Three-Team Trade","date":"August 5, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"the Lakers spoke to the Jazz and knicks a few weeks ago about a hypothetical three-team trade scenario that would see Donovan Mitchell land in New York, with Russell Westbrook going to Utah, league sources tell Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. As Scotto explains, the proposed deal would involve at least\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":62411,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lakers-notes-westbrook-beverley-fournier\/","url_meta":{"origin":59370,"position":4},"title":"Lakers Notes: Westbrook, Beverley, Fournier","date":"September 1, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Despite frequent clashes in the past, Russell Westbrook and Patrick Beverley have been in contact since Beverley was acquired by the Lakers via trade from the Jazz, sources tell veteran reporter Marc Stein (twitter link), who adds that head coach Darwin Raw Has informed the two guards that he plans\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25237,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jazz-knicks-pacers-have-talked-to-lakers-about-westbrook\/","url_meta":{"origin":59370,"position":5},"title":"Jazz, Knicks, Pacers Have Talked To Lakers About Westbrook","date":"July 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"the Jazz, knicksand pacers are among the teams that have spoken to the Lakers about possible trades involving point guard Russell Westbrook and draft assets, sources tell Shams Charania of The Athletic. 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