Russell Westbrook’s Long, Secret Road to the Lakers

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🗓️ 11 August 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Russell Westbrook is making his return to L.A. to join what might be the most star-studded Lakers roster ever. While there are questions on whether it’ll work as planned, a SoCal homecoming has apparently been Russ’ goal. ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne spills all the secrets surrounding roster shake-ups since 2019 for both teams in La La Land, and how Westbrook could have ended up in a Clippers jersey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	As you know, Brian is one of the best players to play this game, and his ability to be able to kind of do everything on the floor,
0:10.8	allows me to be able to just figure it out.
0:14.2	I'm coming to a championship caliber team, and my job is to make sure that I'm able to make his game easy for him.
0:23.6	That was new Los Angeles Laker, Russell Westbrook, declaring at his introductory press conference
0:29.7	yesterday that he is there to make life easier for LeBron James. All of which raises questions
0:36.5	about how maybe the most unapologetic superstar in basketball
0:40.0	might do the one thing he's been loath to do for years.
0:45.4	Change.
0:46.8	So today, NBA insider Ramona Shelburne unravels the soap opera behind Westbrook's dramatic arrival.
0:54.1	And she explains why this experiment just might work.
1:01.4	I'm Pablo Torre. It's Wednesday, August 11th.
1:05.7	This is ESPN Daily.
1:10.1	So, Ramona, we are in the throes of NBA free agency, and I just want to be very clear about
1:14.5	something.
1:15.4	I love the beauty of the game.
1:18.1	I love the numbers behind the game.
1:20.5	I love the seriousness of the game, but I also, let's be very real about this, I love
1:24.6	the gossip.
1:25.7	And what you've been covering out in Los Angeles
1:28.8	with the Lakers getting all of these dudes, all of these big names. I love that this is where we are now,
1:36.0	Ramona. We're in gossip mode. We're in L.A. You know, as somebody who talks on the radio out here
1:43.5	in L.A. for hours and hours and hours every week, they just give us something to talk about all the time.
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