Charlotte, New York, the Clippers ... Several clubs have been associated with Russell Westbrook in recent weeks, since we know that the person wanted to leave Houston.
We also talked about Orlando, and Washington, with John Wall in the balance.
The DC club, however, had not put enough assets on the table, it was assured.
The two parties however came to an agreement on Wednesday.
Dormant for several weeks, the discussions heated up suddenly.
And this while the Wizards have recently swept aside rumors of departure concerning their playmaker ... As
ESPN
reports
, Westbrook joined the federal capital in exchange for Wall!
The Athletic
specifies that the Rockets will also receive a first round of Draft protected in 2023. The news was quickly confirmed by the franchises.
OFFICIAL: The Houston Rockets have acquired John Wall and a future first round pick from Washington in exchange for Russell Westbrook.
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- Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) December 3, 2020
Financially, no big change for the two teams: the two playmakers are under contract until 2023, player option for the last year, with respectively 123.4 for Westbrook and $ 122.9 million for Wall.
32-year-old Russell Westbrook is coming off a season with 27.2 points, 7.9 rebounds and 7 assists in Texas, the first of his career away from Oklahoma City, where he played the rest of his career. career.
Chaining physical glitches in recent years, John Wall, 30, has not put a foot on a floor of the Association since ... December 2018. He runs at 19 points, 4.3 rebounds and 9.2 assists decisive in career.
In Houston, he will meet a player he knows well, DeMarcus Cousins, his former teammate at the University of Kentucky.
And that puts the latter in joy (see below).
- DeMarcus Cousins (@boogiecousins) December 3, 2020
Rockets want to keep James Harden
After Russell Westbrook, James Harden?
If they agreed to trade the first named, the Rockets still do not want to access the desires elsewhere of the second.
Information from
ESPN
, which reports that the Houston bosses still want to play the leading roles with the former MVP in 2020-21 and that they don't see a scenario in which he would no longer be one of their players at the resumption, on December 22.
Under contract until 2023, James Harden, 31, would a priori like to be transferred to Brooklyn or Philadelphia.
Rockets source: Stance on James Harden has not changed.
Houston hopes to be competitive with him this season and does not envision a scenario where Harden would be traded before the opener.
- Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) December 3, 2020
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