Russell Westbrook, who listed his $30 million LA mansion for sale is now “all in on whatever it takes” for the Lakers to win

ByKamran Khan September 26, 20225 months ago

Russell Westbrook may have had a poor season last year, but the 2017 MVP can still be a problem, if he just does what is expected of him.

In five years, Westbrook went from being the league’s Most Valuable Player over LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, James Harden, etc., to sliding down to no. 65 on ESPN’s best players list.

We’ve seen this from two other top 75 NBA players in the past two decades: Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson.

Both the superstar and the face of multiple franchises left the league as free agents before choosing to become role players.

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While Melo came to his senses and came back after accepting and molding his game into a perfect catch-and-shoot guy, Al went to play outside the US and retired after a year.

Is the Los Angeles Lakers point guard going to suffer similar consequences? Not if he means what he’s saying.

Russell Westbrook is ready to do whatever it takes for the Lakers to win

Although Westbrook’s entire game relies purely on athleticism unlike Melo and AI, he can still be a help leading the second unit in Los Angeles without changing much in his naturally aggressive game.

That doesn’t mean you have to start from the bench.
The 9x All-Star can be a starter who plays more with the second unit than the first.

Commanding the reins when James and AD get the required rest in each game, and they’ll need plenty to play a full season injury-free.

And the triple-double machine is ready to accept whatever role is thrown at it to get the wins.

He talked about it candidly with ESPN.

There are no assurances that Russell Westbrook will be a starter for these Los Angeles Lakers, nor assurances that he’ll remain this season. Nevertheless, he promises this: “I’m all-in on whatever it takes for this team to win.” Story on ESPN+: https://t.co/FbaLqBJhAR

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 25, 2022

Didn’t this man just Recently put his $30 million Los Angeles mansion up for sale?

Regardless, with him working to change his jump shots and a stat that suggests he shot over 45% from corner three last season, Darvin Ham can use it that way if his Plan A (whatever that is) fails. .

Let’s see if Brodie can keep his ego aside and really play the role the Lakers expect and ask of him. Or will he take back what he just said? We will have to wait and watch.