Former Lakers and current Jazz point guard Russell Westbrook plans to sign with the Clippers after he clears waivers following a contract buyout.
Westbrook is joining the Clippers anyway, with the guard set to sign after securing a buyout from Utah, where the Lakers traded him, and clearing waivers, ESPN reported Monday — a move that is years in the making as the Clippers try, yet again, to fill what they view as a lead-ballhandler void by signing a past star who will arrive with questions about his effectiveness to recapture his past form.
One day after the NBA’s trade deadline closed, Lawrence Frank, the Clippers’ president of basketball operations, laid out criteria for effective guard play, one that included enough of a shooting threat to space out opposing defenses, a decided Westbrook shortcoming. Others in the locker room had questioned Westbrook’s ability to mesh when he got on the court — citing his 29% three-point shooting — and what would happen if the former most valuable player did not, given the team’s other ball-handling options, including perennial All-Stars in Kawhi Leonard and Paul George.
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