Los Angeles Lakers (hereinafter referred to as Lakers) attracted Utah Jazz (hereinafter referred to as Utah) and Minnesota Timberwolves (hereinafter referred to as Minnesota) for a triangle trade of Russell Westbrook.

ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and The Athletic’s Shams Karania reported at the same time that “Minnesota appeared alongside Utah at the Westbrook trade negotiating table.”

According to the two, the Lakers are looking for D’Angelo Russell, who plays point guard in Minnesota. And they’re ready to own things on the trade market like Jared Vanderbilt and Malik Visry from Utah.

Minnesota is paying attention to the Lakers’ first-round pick and veteran point guard Mike Conley from Utah. In doing so, Utah could get one Lakers first-round pick or multiple second-round picks and Westbrook.

If the trade is made, it is predicted that it will be a good deal that can scratch each other’s itchy parts.

First, Utah would have been dissatisfied with Vanderbilt’s value as measured in the trade market. Earlier, it was reported that the Portland Tracers offered Utah multiple second-round picks for Vanderbilt.

But what Utah clearly wants is a first-round pick to rebuild. And the Lakers are a team on the win-now route, willing to hand over a first-round pick.

With Westbrook’s salary and two first-round picks, their biggest asset, the Lakers can get former All-Star guard Russell, Vanderbilt to serve as backup for Anthony Davis, and pure shooter Beasley.

The last thing Minnesota wants is to somehow keep Rudy Gobert alive. Minnesota used 3 unprotected first-round picks, 1 first-round pick with swap rights, 1 first-round pick with a protected pick, and even Walker Kessler, a lottery pick, for the Go Bear trade this offseason.

So Minnesota has a duty to resurrect Gobert. As a result, he wants Conley, who was matched with Gobert, and the Lakers’ first-round pick, which corresponds to the future.

Meanwhile, Russell, who was traded, played an average of 32.9 minutes in 54 games with Minnesota this season. 메이저놀이터

Russell had an average of 17.9 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 6.2 assists, and had a 46.5% field goal success rate (13.5 attempts), a 39.1% three-point success rate (2.7 attempts), and a free throw success rate of 85.6% (3.1 attempts).

In particular, Russell is a player with the two-man game ability and 3-point shot that the Lakers want, and recorded a WAR (contribution to victory over substitute) 2.3 points. In addition, he showed high numbers with 1.5 points for attack RAPTOR, 1.8 points for attack EPM, and 1.63 points for attack LEBORN in the records corresponding to the cumulative stat base.