Russell Westbrook
The Washington Wizards have a potential franchise-altering offseason approaching. If Bradley Beal does not commit to the team for the future, they will have to consider moving both him and Russell Westbrook. If it comes to that, Boston should be involved for both, with Westbrook being the intriguing addition.
Boston has the salary to make a deal work if they include Al Horford and Marcus Smart. They could add in a first-round pick for the Wizards taking on Horford and include one or two of their younger players as well to round out the deal.
Boston would then have a strong trio of Westbrook, Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum for teams to combat. While some of his athleticism has dissipated, Westbrook has shown that he can still get it done on the court.
Westbrook averaged a triple-double for the fourth time in his career, scoring 22.2 points per game with 11.7 assists and 11.5 rebounds.
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As the presumed third option in Boston, Westbrook would be able to focus even more on his elite rebounding and assisting. Westbrook is the kind of difference-maker the Boston Celtics could land without breaking up their core.
