There is a lot of discussion about Mike Conley's future within Utah Jazz. Some expect a farewell from the player, some say he's looking for a big team, while others are convinced that the bond with the city and the fans will convince Conley to stay.
Keeping Conley will be a priority for the Jazz anyway. It's no coincidence that the management is preparing a three-year offer worth around $75 million.

He still won't be the PG because Lebron is. The play will be at him and WB will need to follow that if he badly want to wear a nice ring in his finger.
I think they took Westbrook for a different purpose. He is all-around and the same goes for Lebron James. Both can also score on their own forceful way just by ramming the paint.
Or, it could be for Lebron to have his rest. Lowering his minutes means they can have him at full power once he steps on the floor again while WB is doing the damage without him. Also a good way to avoid injuries.

Why would Lebron need to adjust his style?  Lebron is arguably the most versatile National Basketball Association member to ever play he game.  Part of what makes Lebron so special is the fact that he is able to facilitate with the best of them despite the fact that he is one of the greatest scorers of all time.  This has sort of been a knock on Lebron in-fact throughout his career, that he passes too much or is too much of a facilitator.  If they can all stay healthy ( Lebron, Anthony Davis and Westbrook ) for the whole year, this team has got to be considered one of the top 3 favorites.

Actually, I am more concerned about the health of Davis than of Lebron James, Davis is known to be a fragile big man that can be easily injured, let's look back on his past team, injury is the main reason why the team struggle and that shoulder injury of his is a big one. Lebron is also more careful now, he doesn't drive a lot in the paint like he usually does before, so they need Westbrook to do that and to lessen the burden of Davis.

I like him a lot as well but let's face it, his game is not compatible with todays game at all. Lakers were thinking about or at least in talks for Hield, and that is a shooter, that dude would definitely be perfect fit for Lakers because they direly need a shooter. Let's look at westbrook, dude is a triple double machine and even on last year when he was on Wizards dude managed to grind and worked hard to bring them to playoffs, dude is just THAT good.

That means that maybe we should not be doubting him right? Well the difference is that we are talking about Lakers, the best players are Lebron who likes to drive to basket, and AD who is already at basket, so Westbrook will be another clogging reason who will drive inside. I am not saying he is bad, all I am saying is he is not a great fit, you can bring the great player who can drive inside and it would not be a good fit, a mediocre shooter could be better.

Westbrook was not actually in the priority list of the lakers according to https://www.silverscreenandroll.com/2021/7/29/22601297/russell-westbrook-plan-b-lakers-trade-rumors-offseason-free-agency-buddy-hield-chris-paul

However, this happens already, the trade is official and I think fans are happy with this.
Finally, Westbrook find a championship team and by paper, this is the best team so far he played.

Having James and Davis who had won a championship, I think Westbrook will be more confident in playing and that will make the Lakers a very dangerous to face this coming new season.

Big rumor of the day is that Lonzo Ball is about to secure an $80 million dollar contract from the Chicago Bulls. The Pelicans made him an offer so he’s a restricted free agent, but they’re unlikely to match that in my opinion. All bad news for the Pelicans as they should be trying to keep Zion happy and Zo was good friends with him. Makes you wonder where Zion will end up when his deal is over.

I stayed away of the NBA news, and I just realize, westbrook is going to the Lakers, I'm surprised.

I even think the Lakers made a good choice, the only significant loss in this trade was losing Montrezl Harrell and first pick in the draft. Just for Kuzma leaving the Lakers was already something good (I'll feel so sorry to Wizards for accepting Kuzma lol)

Guys, What did you think of this negotiation? Who got a bigger advantage, Lakers or Wizards?

Utah Jazz make a move and trade Derrick Favors to OKC,

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/utah-jazz-trade-derrick-favors-to-oklahoma-city-thunder-for-a-future-second-round-pick/


Just sad to see Favors go, but Jazz need to offload him to clear salary cap and for some cash considerations, and they are below luxury tax, They are going to re-sign Mike Conley though. And OKC has a lot of of first round draft picks spread over the next NBA drafts so that huge for them as they are on a rebuilding phase.

I'm cool with the Jazz off loading Favors. They really need to make a good adjustment, though their current roster looks ok. I want to see Jazz go for a good backboard, a good back up center of Gobert.
Also, Mitchell needs to improve more of his game to be able to carry and lead the whole Jazz team into the finals.
I'm not quite sure what the Jazz is lacking since the last season, I mean they are both good offensively and defensively, but can't get pass the conference finals.
What I always had in mind is that they need a good backup center, definitely better than Favors.