{"id":416435,"date":"2023-02-20T11:16:15","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T16:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=416435"},"modified":"2023-02-20T17:09:01","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T22:09:01","slug":"westbrook-plans-to-sign-with-la-clippers","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/westbrook-plans-to-sign-with-la-clippers\/","title":{"rendered":"Westbrook plans to sign with LA Clippers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nine-time All-Star guard Russell Westbrook is planning to sign with the LA Clippers after completing a contract buyout with the Utah Jazz, his agent Jeff Schwartz told ESPN.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking: Russell Westbrook plans to sign with the Clippers after finalizing a buyout with the Jazz, his agent tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@wojespn<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1GmT6wQmnq\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/1GmT6wQmnq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESPN (@espn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn\/status\/1627695426592800774?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Once Westbrook and the Jazz complete the buyout on the remaining $47 million owed on his expiring deal, the former NBA MVP will clear waivers and return to LA &#8212; this time with the Clippers.<\/p>\n<p>The Clippers became increasingly interested with Westbrook with sources saying that team officials, including coach Ty Lue and president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank, dug into a series of conversations with Westbrook.<\/p>\n<p>Those discussions centered on 34-year-old Westbrook&#8217;s willingness to fit into a clear and specific role with the Clippers built around his playmaking, rebounding and toughness, sources said.<\/p>\n<p>The Clippers have championship aspirations and Westbrook could re-join his former Oklahoma City Thunder teammate Paul George.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Westbrook talked to the Chicago Bulls, Washington Wizards and Miami Heat but the chance to compete for the title and remain in Los Angeles played a significant part in his decision to choose the Clippers, sources said.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Lakers traded Westbrook and a 2027 first-round round pick to the Jazz as part of a three-team deal last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Westbrook embraced a sixth-man role for the Lakers, averaging 15.9 points, 6.2 rebounds and 7.5 assists in 28.7 minutes per game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine-time All-Star guard Russell Westbrook is planning to sign with the LA Clippers after completing a contract buyout with the Utah Jazz, his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4224,"featured_media":416436,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17651,16970,17363,17198],"news_category":[16706],"gn_keywords":[],"acf":{"announce":"The Clippers became increasingly interested with Westbrook","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/416435"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/416435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416435"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=416435"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=416435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}