The Utah Jazz and Charlotte Hornets are two teams to keep an eye on this summer as it pertains to the Los Angeles Lakers and the possibility of the Lake Show trading Russell Westbrook.
Utah is set for a potential explosion of some kind after falling short in the NBA Playoffs once more. The Jazz are currently over the luxury tax and you could make the case for the team completely blowing things up. Or, the team could try and move around some assets and build a new-look contender around Donovan Mitchell.
The Hornets, meanwhile, are a team that Marc Stein named as a potential Westbrook destination this offseason with the focus being on the Hornets’ potential desire to get off of Gordon Hayward’s contract.
The Los Angeles Lakers could loop both the Utah Jazz and Charlotte Hornets into a Russell Westbrook trade.
There is a potential three-team trade between the Lakers, Hornets and Jazz that could accomplish what all three teams want to accomplish. That potential trade package is as followed:
This trade is essentially the proposed Hornets-Westbrook deal that we have covered before here at Lake Show Life. However, with potential concerns around Gordon Hayward, the Lakers would loop in the Jazz to instead get a player that Utah might be looking to move this offseason.
Some fans may love this idea, some fans may outright hate it. In the following pages, we will break down why the Los Angeles Lakers could say yes to this trade as well as why both the Hornets and Jazz could say yes.