Russell Westbrook will signal with the LA Clippers for the rest of the season. Westbrook negotiated a buyout with the Utah Jazz, after a deadline deal from the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Clippers had been on the lookout for level guard depth, after buying and selling each Reggie Jackson and John Wall in deadline day strikes. LA added Bones Hyland on the commerce deadline, however needed one other veteran possibility on the roster.
Westbrook averaged 15.9 factors, 6.2 rebounds and seven.5 assists in 28.7 minutes per sport off the Lakers bench. Clippers All-Star Paul George campaigned for his workforce so as to add Westbrook on the buyout market. George and Westbrook had been teammates on the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder for 2 seasons from 2017 to 2019.