![]() And all summer, in all of our iterations of trade talks with Indiana, their one ask has been we want both picks.’ And even if it was Myles by himself or Buddy, it always came back to they want two picks for any Russ trade. There were several hours there where we were hearing that it was essentially agreed upon internally that ‘we are going to propose this to Indiana. There were several internal meetings about this at one point. There was no formal request or reach out to the Pacers. “To my knowledge and the knowledge of as a group, it was at the one-yard line internally. As a result, the two sides are at an impasse.īut such a deal may have been even closer than we realized, because during an appearance on Jake Fischer’s “Please Don’t Aggregate This” podcast (sorry Jake), Jovan Buha clarified that the Lakers were almost ready to meet the Pacers’ asking price, before a late pivot when not everyone would agree that Turner and Hield were worth it: ![]() However, the ultimate conclusion of the article was that the Pacers - at least for now - haven’t budged on demanding both of the Lakers’ tradeable future first round picks (in 20) in any Westbrook deal. but ultimately could at some point.Īnd even in a summer where Westbrook trade rumors hitting the internet were about as rare as roaches in a hoarder's house, this was a big enough story that even new head coach Darvin Ham and Westbrook himself were asked about it. On the morning before the Lakers played their first preseason game, Jovan Buha, Shams Charania and Sam Amick of The Athletic made waves with a massive report on the team’s efforts to trade Russell Westbrook, including previously unreported details on multiple versions of deals that would have seen them send Westbrook to the Indiana Pacers for Myles Turner and Buddy Hield that ultimately haven’t gone through yet.
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