Los Angeles Lakers Receive: F/C Lauri Markannen, G Collin Sexton, 2023 First-Round Pick (UTA)

Utah Jazz Receive: F/C Anthony Davis 

In fact, some anticipated the Lakes would struggle long before this season – they anticipated it before last season did. 

That was never a knock on Russell Westbrook’s talent. He’s accomplished too much in his career for that to come into question.

On the other hand, his fit alongside LeBron James was always questionable. 

For that matter, so was his fit alongside Anthony Davis. Somehow, in the three-point era, the Lakers assumed they could win games with this poor shooting trio. 

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By now, they surely recognize that they cannot. The obvious solution may be to move Westbrook, but the Lakers would have to surrender valuable assets in order to do so. By contrast, they could actually get assets for Davis. 

Does this deal have them landing enough?