Playing for the Los Angeles Lakers is usually a dream come true for most NBA players. The Lakers are one of the most successful and iconic franchises in the history of the league. Many NBA legends have donned the legendary Purple and Gold jerseys during their careers.
However, for former NBA MVP Russell Westbrook, his stint with the Lakers has been nothing but disappointing. He was brought to the Lakers last season to essentially create an NBA superteam as Russ partnered up with LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
On paper, this partnership sounded extremely dangerous, but in reality, the three players couldn’t even play many games together. On top of that, Westbrook’s individual performances were far from good. He has never looked comfortable playing for the Lakers.
To make things worse, Brodie also opted into his $47 million player option and this has made it tough for the Lakers to trade him. Although Lakers’ newly appointed head coach Darvin Ham seems keen to include Westbrook in his future plans, Lakers fans have already moved on from him.
In fact, fans even chanted ‘We Want Kyrie’ when Russell Westbrook was present in the arena for a recent Summer League game. Russ’ trade rumors gained further traction when one NBA fan found out that Westbrook’s jersey was spotted at a clearance sale.
yeah russ is definitely gone 😂 pic.twitter.com/JaYdlY1Nog
— belal. 🇵🇸 (@itsbelal_a) July 11, 2022
Obvious a lot of fans thought that these Westbrook jerseys were planted here to gain some views on Twitter. The fan who tweeted the above-attached picture cleared the air about it as well.
for all the ‘jErSeYs WeRe ObViOuSlY pLaNtEd’ weirdos pic.twitter.com/1VeWLxKrWN
— belal. 🇵🇸 (@itsbelal_a) July 11, 2022
Why do I feel these were planted there just for this tweet? They actually on clearance??
— 𝕃𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕣 𝔸𝕟𝕕𝕪 🏀🏆x17 (@AChad92) July 11, 2022
I remember the Dwight jerseys being on sale like 3 days before he signed with the rockets so yeah it’s a sign Russ won’t be back
— Ken 🍜 (@iBEkenny) July 11, 2022
No not definitely hes just unpopular so most people wont buy his jersey
— Northside P (@Northside_sss) July 11, 2022
Nah this happens all the time it happens when Lebron was leaving the cavs for the lakers his jersey was on sale before the news broke
— JamesGoyard 💎🦅 (@JGoyard28) July 11, 2022
https://twitter.com/AlexBabayan6/status/1546316451807498240https://twitter.com/SandersBuckie/status/1546328586365304832
— LakeShowHoopsᴾᴴ (@LakeShowHoopsPH) July 11, 2022
https://twitter.com/spdzlla/status/1546399178485628930
Someone just took those from some place else and placed them there
— Randy Oreens (@ItBegins2012) July 11, 2022
Some fans still believed that these jerseys were planted despite the fan providing proof that wasn’t the case.
On the other hand, many fans pointed out this could be a legitimate sign that Russ is soon going to get traded elsewhere. Fans pointed out this had happened earlier when LeBron James left the Cleveland Cavaliers. Anyway, it could all just be a coincidence as well, but who knows?
