Westbrook had locker room altercation as ‘final chapter’ before being traded to the Lakers; see backstage

Russell Westbrook said goodbye to Los Angeles Lakers on the night of last Wednesday (08) after being involved in bomb trade with Minnesota Timberwolves and Utah Jazz, which will be the point guard’s next destination in the NBA. Before leaving, however, the number 0 had a hot final chapter in California.

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According to sources told the ESPNWestbrook and coach Darvin Ham had a brief but heated exchange in the locker room during halftime against the Oklahoma City Thunder, in the game that marked the LeBron James’ all-time record, who became the NBA’s all-time leading scorer.

Ham expressed his frustration with how late Westbrook left the court after being substituted late in the second quarter. Voices were raised in the locker room, but the discussion then turned to finding a way to win the game against the Thunder, sources said.

Ham closed the game with Westbrook on the court, who had 14 of his 27 points in the final period.

Coach and point guard still met again in the locker room before leaving the arena at the end of the night.

Westbrook traded

The Los Angeles Lakers finalized a trade with the The Minnesota Timberwolves and the Utah Jazz and will repatriate D’Angelo Russell.

According to information provided by reporter Adrian Wojnarowski, from ESPNthe Lakers will receive, in addition to the point guard, Malik Beasley and Jarred Vanderbilt.

To that end, the team will send Russell Westbrook and a protected 2027 first-round pick to the Utah Jazz. The Jazz are likely to release Russ and he will be free on the market.

The Lakers pick is protected if it is top 4. If so, it goes back to Los Angeles.

The Timberwolves, the third team involved in the trade, will keep Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley and undisclosed draft picks.

D’Angelo Russell was selected by the Lakers with the 2nd overall pick in the 2015 Draft and stayed with the team until June 2017, when he was traded to the Brooklyn Nets.

At the time, the move served to free up salary space for Los Angeles to hire LeBron James and Anthony Davis.