
When the Los Angeles Lakers traded Russell Westbrook along with little-used players Juan Toscano-Anderson and Damian Jones for D’Angelo Russell, Malik Beasley and Jarred Vanderbilt in a three-team deal announced on Thursday, many Lakers fans rejoiced.
But they didn’t rejoice because their team was getting a very good ball-handling guard (Russell), a proven 3-point shooter (Beasley) or a super-energetic, defensive-minded big man (Vanderbilt).