Russell Westbrook is getting a new agent, but that doesn’t seem to have anything to do with the Lakers. According to Dan Woike and Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times, Westbrook hasn’t requested a trade from the Lakers.
Late Friday night, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Westbrook and his agent, Thad Foucher, were parting ways over “irreconcilable differences.”
In a statement to ESPN, Foucher said he thinks Westbrook’s “best option is to stay with the Lakers” and “embrace the starting role and support that Darvin Ham publicly offered.