Insider Reveals New Feud Within Lakers Locker Room

The Los Angeles Lakers deal with so much right now, but the win over Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors gave us hope. LA may get things right by the end of the regular season. Not so fast, guys… Adrian Wojnarowski from ESPN reported about the feud growing inside the Lakers locker room. As you may be guessing, it revolves around Russell Westbrook and Frank Vogel.

“There’s been an increasing push within the Lakers organization, I’m told both inside and outside the locker room, to demote nine-time all-star Russell Westbrook from the starting lineup,” Woj said. “But so far, head coach Frank Vogel’s resisted that idea. Vogel still maintains that he believes there’s an opportunity for Westbrook to make the kind of late-season charge with the Lakers that he did a year ago in Washington.

“But frustrations have mounted in this Laker organization, and I’m told in the last week there’s been some tense moments between Vogel and Westbrook, including yesterday in a team film session. Westbrook has been trying to navigate all season long how to operate in a very different role away from the ball, away from playmaking.

“Now, Frank Vogel said yesterday he’s had this conversation within his staff, within the organization about bringing Westbrook off the bench. He’s not there yet. Remember, Russell Westbrook got another year left on his deal with the Lakers at $47 million next year.”

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Westbrook has been making headlines for a really long time. He joined the Lakers as a third option behind LeBron James and Anthony Davis, but this plan didn’t work. He is an incredible player but his style is not a good fit for Vogel’s plan.

The Lakers head coach benched Vogel in a few games. The nine-time All-Star didn’t really liked the idea of sitting on the bench at the end of games. If you ask Broddie, he will say that he earned the right to close games. Vogel wouldn’t agree on this one. He prefers using players who can win games. Westbrook doesn’t belong to this group. Well, the veteran trusts his stats and experience. Maybe he should really go somewhere else.

The Lakers didn’t trade Westbrook in February but they will probably get rid of him in the offseason. Several sources claim that Broddie wants out too.