We're going to be discussing that, but we start with a bit of a bombshell report coming

from the low post, Jonathan Givoni said that there's a proposed trade between the Indiana

Pacers in the Los Angeles Lakers that involved that man Russell Westbrook going to the Pacers

along with THT and the 2026 number one pick and in return Malcolm Bragg didn't come

into the Lakers.

We don't need to discuss the specifics of this trade too much, but what does it tell

you that the Lakers are out here proposing trades that involve Westbrook?

What?

That's the obvious.

I mean, he's going to a final year of a deal he's making almost $50 million a year

and their big three visit out last year for a multitude of reasons.

The Brown play that an all NBA level AD dealt with injury most of the time and Russell

Westbrook struggled with his field goal percentage and his high turnovers.

So that's what leads to the coach being fired, which did happen.

So now you bring in a new coach in Darvaham, I like what he's doing with his assistant

coaches as well.

So now you change the philosophy.

And we change the identity of the team because we have around seven roster spots.

But when you have these guys making this kind of money, you ain't going to have much flexibility.

You saw what they did last year and then they got older with that group.

That's why you got to now try to get younger with that group.

And one of the things, even if you're going to pair Malcolm Bragg then for example with

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