Westbrook to Utah in Dunn sign and trade

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Why the hell is he going to Denver. More precisely, why the **** do they want him? He fills exactly zero of their needs and in fact would make them actively worse. Terrible move by Denver. Yikes.

Supposedly Jokic pushed for it.

 

[HermanG]

The legend returns home. Welcome back Russ!

 

[The Fresh Prince]

What's the record for a guy getting traded to one team just to get waived?

 

[Step-Back Lauri]

LFG?! Where's my yellow RW Jazz jersey?!

 

[Elizah Huge]

I’m assuming the cash sent to the Utah Jazz with Russell Westbrook from the Los Angeles Clippers will be enough to cover his contract buyout.

 

[TheStormofWar]

Side note: I'm curious if there's a record for the number of times a player has been waived by one team.

 

[TheStormofWar]

"I waited two weeks for Kris Dunn to be traded and all we got was this stupid 2031 second round swap and this T-shirt."

Due seriousness, happy Kris got his bag.

 

[default]

So it is a dunn deal now?

 

[My2Cents]

I guess I just don't see the point of this. Why bother? Unless we're trying to help Dunn, or the cash exceeds the buyout. I mean, a second round pick swap? Whoopee!

 

[Greasy84]

How does this impact our salary cap situation?

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I guess I just don't see the point of this. Why bother? Unless we're trying to help Dunn, or the cash exceeds the buyout. I mean, a second round pick swap? Whoopee!

Help Dunn, get to the salary floor on the Clips dime, minor (tiny) asset. Not sure what yall were expecting. The real miss here is not moving him at the trade deadline.

 

[silesian]

Cap masters, please explain the clippers side of the deal.

They didn’t have the cap space to sign Dunn as an FA until they dumped Westbrook salary?

They just wanted to dump westbrook?

Something else?