This juiciest of juicy hot takes comes to us from none other than Stephen A. Smith (SB Nation/via ESPN 710 AM):
Keep in mind this, one of the biggest reasons, I’m told, that Kevin Durant may have the Lakers at the top of his list, is because the Lakers have been led to believe, by whom specifically I do not know, but the Lakers have been led to believe that it is a very good chance that the following year Russell Westbrook is coming.
Let’s set aside the fact that Jim Buss and Byron Scott are bumbling fools, and just about every notable free-agent has bypassed the Lakers franchise over the last few years.
The Lakers signing Westbrook is plausible because the guy is a Long Beach native and UCLA alum. But I’m highly skeptical that Kevin Durant is carrying some sort of tandem mentality into free-agency.
I’ll go out on a limb and say the chances both players signing with the Lakers is 0.00001%.
