Magic Johnson就湖人試圖交易Russell Westbrook作出建議

今個賽季，湖人用了幾位奪冠功臣向巫師進行交易，換來了Russell Westbrook，使他們擁有了由Westbrook、Anthony Davis及LeBron James組成的「360」組合。


但隨著湖人無法打進季後賽，「360」組合被宣告失敗，湖人陣容亦將迎來重整。首當其衝就是他們主帥Frank Vogel離任，其次就傳出湖人打算以Russell Westbrook進行交易。


對於這個傳聞，湖人名宿在接受美媒《The Athletic》訪問時，就提出了他對於湖人以Russell Westbrook進行交易的意見。

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“He’s on a one-year, $47 million (contract). Even if you offer him (in a trade), what are you, realistically, going to get back?”

Magic首先提出問題以現時Russell Westbrook仍有一年的大約，以他進行交易，到底真正能為湖人換來的是甚麼？

引用“I told them this too — you’re going to get some contracts you probably don’t want, and they’re going to go (chronologically) past his contract. You’ve really got to think about that. Are those players you’re going to get back, are they going to really help you?”

Magic再補充，他認為以Westbrook進行交易，湖人能由其他球隊換來的只是一些湖人並不需要的合約或球員，屆時這些球員又不能與現時球隊融合，又如何協助球隊。看來在Magic Johnson角度，湖人在休賽季以Russell Westbrook進行交易並非一個正確選擇。