Lakers, Nets contacted Spurs about facilitating Westbrook, Irving trade
The Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers have held preliminary
discussions on a Kyrie Irving trade, and sources indicate the teams
are exploring the potential of pulling the San Antonio Spurs into a
multi-team deal... The Irving/Westbrook disaster could eventually
be resolved with the Spurs help, with San Antonio taking on
Westbrook's salary into cap room for draft considerations.
Westbrook wouldn't appeal to the Spurs and would presumably take a
buyout, presumably for at least the minimum he could get with
another franchise (nearly $3 million). With [Doug] McDermott out
and a Westbrook buyout, the Spurs would only add an approximate net
of $16.7 million—essentially to buy a future first from the
Lakers.
SOURCE: Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report.