Lakers trading Westbrook to Utah in 3-team swap – Cache Valley Daily
FILE – Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley brings the ball up during the second half of the team’s NBA basketball game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Jan. 14, 2023, in Salt Lake City. As part of a three-team trade, the Minnesota Timberwolves are getting Conley and Nickeil Alexander-Walker from Utah along with three second-round picks, while the Los Angeles Lakers are sending Juan Toscano-Anderson, Damian Jones and their first-round pick in 2027 to Utah with Russell Westbrook, a person with knowledge of the trade told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers are trading Russell Westbrook to Utah and reacquiring guard D’Angelo Russell from Minnesota in a three-team, eight-player deal, a person with knowledge of the trade told The Associated Press on Wednesday night. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the teams hadn’t announced the major deal made ahead of the NBA’s trade deadline Thursday. Los Angeles is also getting guard Malik Beasley and forward Jarred Vanderbilt from the Jazz, bolstering its core around LeBron James in a bid to jump-start its sputtering season. The Lakers fell to 25-30 on Tuesday while James set the NBA’s career scoring record, and they