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Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

Report: The Lakers Trade Russell Westbrook, Acquire D'Angelo Russell, Malik Beasley and Jarred Vanderbilt

Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The Lakers looked like a team that might be on the verge of cracking Tuesday in their loss to Oklahoma City. Russell Westbrook got into an open argument with assistant Phil Handy, and then Darvin Ham at halftime. Anthony Davis was oddly detached from basically everything that was going on. It felt like if the Lakers made it through the deadline without trying to improve, things could go south really fast. Well, Wednesday they tried to improve. The Lakers reportedly will send Russell Westbrook and a lightly protected first round pick (along with Juan Toscano-Anderson and Damian Jones) to Utah, as part of a three-way trade netting them former Laker D'Angelo Russell from the Timberwolves, along with shooting guard Malik Beasley and forward Jarred Vanderbilt from Utah. The trade should make the Lakers better right away, replacing one rotation player with three rotation quality guys, two of whom will add genuine three-point accuracy and volume to their offense. The latter is a big thing, because even on nights when they shoot a decent percentage, the Lakers still don't actually make very many three's. That can make things tough. Plus, the floor should be spaced better for LeBron James and Davis. Meanwhile, Vanderbilt is a very good defensive player who is improving enough on the other end to be a net neutral, and should find low usage, high percentage opportunities moving off ball while surrounded by James, Davis, and other solid players. Basically, the Lakers have, with these three players and the Rui Hachimura deal, reconstructed a viable middle class for their roster, something that has been painfully missing for the last couple of seasons, since they executed the Westbrook deal. Can they get better fast enough to matter in a Western Conference undergoing an arms race? Remains to be seen. But the Lakers did very good work on Wednesday, acquiring three solid players for one first rounder and rid themselves of Westbrook at the same time. HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky SEGMENT 1: The Lakers make a big trade. SEGMENT 2: What the new players do for the roster. SEGMENT 3: Is it enough to get them into the top 10, or even higher? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. PrizePicks First time users can receive a 100% instant deposit match up to $100 with promo code LOCKEDON. That’s PrizePicks.com – promo code; LOCKEDON LinkedIn LinkedIn Jobs helps you find the qualified candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post your job for free at LinkedIn.com/LOCKEDONNBA Rocket Money Stop throwing your money away. Cancel unwanted subscriptions – and manage your expenses the easy way – by going to RocketMoney.com/LOCKEDONNBA. FanDuel Make Every Moment More. Place your first FIVE DOLLAR bet to get ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS in Free Bets – win or lose! Visit Fanduel.com/LockedOn today to get started FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day.

0:08.2

Hey everyone, welcome to Lockdown Lakers for Thursday, Brian Kiminetski, Andy Kiminetski.

0:14.8

The deadline is here, Andy, and the Lakers have already made a huge move heading in.

0:21.3

That's next.

0:24.9

You are Lockdown Lakers.

0:28.8

More daily Los Angeles Lakers podcast, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team

0:35.0

every day.

0:46.2

Thanks to everybody for making Lockdown Lakers first listen of Everyday Monday through Friday

0:49.9

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0:52.9

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0:55.2

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1:00.9

of Lakers fans now over 11,000 subscribers, strong all of whom, Andy, if the Twitter

1:06.8

results for the poll that we put up, are you just a simple question?

1:11.1

Are you in a better mood?

1:13.6

Yes, according to you about 90% of the people who follow us on Twitter, the Lakers having

1:20.6

made a really significant move on Wednesday afternoon, they acquire DeAngelo Russell, former

1:30.0

Laker, along with Malik Beasley, so DeAngelo Russell from Minnesota, and then Malik Beasley,

1:37.8

shooting guard from Utah and forward Jared Vanderbilt, both again from the jazz.

1:45.0

This in exchange for Russell Westbrook, Damian Jones, Juan Tuscano Anderson, and a lightly

1:52.0

protected 2027 first round pick.

1:56.4

Andy, it was only a couple days ago we were talking about, I'm not going to say lamenting,

2:01.6

but certainly talking about losing out on Kyrie Irving and what that might have meant

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