NBA Executive Says Russell Westbrook Is Going Back To The Oklahoma City Thunder This Offseason: “He Can get Back To Himself…”

Russell Westbrook’s debut season in Los Angeles can solely be described as a whole catastrophe. From the leap, he performed poorly and his Lakers struggled to make any sort of traction within the standings.

They ended the season eleventh within the West and Westbrook was blamed for a lot of the workforce’s issues.

Now that the 2021-22 marketing campaign is all stated and finished, the Lakers are going to be working to maneuver on from Westbrook utterly. In accordance with the phrases of 1 NBA govt, Oklahoma Metropolis is the more than likely touchdown spot for the previous MVP level guard.

The exec — who works for a Western Convention workforce — lately informed Heavy.com’s Sean Deveney that OKC is the perfect touchdown spot for Westbrook, who didn’t make an impression in La La Land this previous season.

“The more than likely state of affairs continues to be Russ ending up again in Oklahoma Metropolis, they’ll take in him into cap area, give him a yr the place he can get again to being himself and seize a few picks within the course of,” the exec informed Heavy.com’s Sean Deveney.

“It may not be the very best factor so far as growth goes, however it will be good for the fan base they usually’d come away with some property for it. It’s the dream state of affairs for Russ and for the Lakers, actually, too, in the event that they get one other workforce to go together with it and are available away with a participant or two who truly suits.”

It has been years since Russ break up from the Thunder. He was the final domino to fall after OKC’s defeat within the 2012 Finals. At present, they don’t seem to be wherever near being in competition and nonetheless have a haul of picks to search out their subsequent younger star.

Within the meantime, Russ may assist preserve the Thunder fascinating and possibly function a mentor to a few of the youthful guys on the workforce. On the very least, his return could be a deal with for the followers who have been round when he was dominating with the franchise earlier than.

Rather a lot nonetheless has to occur earlier than such a state of affairs truly occurs, however do not be stunned if Russ returns to his unique workforce this summer time.