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Trade grades: Who wins the Russell Westbrook-John Wall deal? – ESPN Australia
Do the Rockets or Wizards come out better in this superstar trade?
The deal
Rockets get: John Wall, protected 2023 first-round pick
Wizards get: Russell Westbrook
A Westbrook-for-Wall swap was always the most obvious solution for the Rockets to Westbrook’s desire for a trade. Almost any other team would surely have demanded draft picks in return to take on the remaining three years and $133 million on Westbrook’s contract, and those remain in short supply in Houston because of the multiple picks and swaps given out to acquire Westbrook last summer.
In this construction,…
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