Paul George has begun recruiting Russell Westbrook to the Los Angeles Clippers. Westbrook was traded to the Utah Jazz, where he is expected to reach an agreement on a buyout of his deal. Prior to the deadline, the Clippers traded away Reggie Jackson, Luke Kennard, and John Wall in exchange for Mason Plumlee, Eric Gordon, and Bones Hyland. The move gave them zero point guards back in exchange for two. George brought up Westbrook when asked by reporters if the team needs to add another point guard.
“I mean if there’s somebody out there — Russell [Westbrook] — if it makes sense and, obviously it goes with our team, we’re all for it,” Paul George said, earlier this week. “We need a point guard. But in the same, I think we’re good as well. If nothing happened, I think we got enough in this locker room to be able to make it work. But it would definitely improve our team if we had that traditional point guard to kind of get us in things and make the game easy. So hopefully Russell sees this and, we figure something out.”
Paul George's Message For Russell Westbrook
“I just think, we, in particular, we got enough shooting to surround Russ where Russ can be Russ,” George continued. “I think the floor will be open for him, spacing will be there for him. I’m a big believer in and fan of what Russ’s work is, you know, having one of my best seasons in my career alongside of him. I’ve seen what he can do, night in, night out and I think he’s still got a lot of game there. I’m biased, you know, when it comes to Russ and I really think he can improve the team. He’s such a big talent. He rebounds, he finds guys, he makes the game easy for everyone and, I mean, I think he’ll come and he’ll mesh. I think he’ll come and he’ll mesh and, and he’ll figure out how we play and he’ll adjust to it.”
Paul George and the Clippers are currently 31-28, leaving them in sixth place in the Western Conference standings. If he joins the Clippers, Westbrook will be coming off of a tumultuous stretch with the Lakers. However, he still averaged 18.5 points, 7.1 assists, and 7.4 rebounds last season.
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