There was only one potential trade option for Russell Westbrook that was widely circulating ahead of the trade deadline – his former team the Houston Rockets.
NBA inside Jake Fischer, however, tried to gauge interest in the Los Angeles Lakers point guard from other teams. The New York Knicks, according to him, had no interested in adding the former league MVP.
The Knicks are focused on growing up their current roster that has plenty of young players instead.
Via Brad Sullivan of Lakers Daily:
“I pitched the idea to Knicks people time and again going back to the deadline, and they have no interest,” Fischer said. “… Everything I’ve heard is that New York is trying to grow this group as it is and mix and match a few parts and move forward.”
