Other than hiring the right head coach, the first item of business for the Los Angeles Lakers this offseason is trying to trade Russell Westbrook.
Doing so presents a challenge, not only because of his outsized contract, which will pay him $47 million next season, but also because of who he is as a player.
Westbrook has always been an impetuous character whose decision-making has always been questionable and whose perimeter shooting and defense have always been poor.
