Utah Jazz Receive: G Russell Westbrook, 2027 First-Round Pick (LAL)

Los Angeles Lakers Receive: G Mike Conley, F Bojan Bogdanovic

Of course, we barely scratched the surface of what dictates trade value in our preamble.

It’s also worth noting that trades don’t occur in a vacuum. Trades also occur in relation to what other trades might look like. In other words, teams need to go shopping for deals before they make them.

Russell Westbrook’s contract, even expiring, wouldn’t be worth this price to the Utah Jazz on its own. In fact, it’s likely that the Lakers will struggle to extract real value from Westbrook without attaching a sweetener or two.

After all, Westbrook’s expiring contract will be valuable to rebuilding teams, but not as valuable as first-round picks.

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In the Jazz’s case, they’ll surely be looking for at least one first-round pick between Conley and Bogdanovic if they are, as many suspect, rebuilding this summer.

Is one even enough?