Nothing was obvious because nothing was side stepped.I thought it was obvious fam.
Once you get rid of Westbrook through whatever means before his contract is up...what now? As in, what now to take what's left over and contend for a title.
I don't think you can...I think it's time to blow it tf up. Not even a bias for or against Russ, even if you wanna pin that on me it's irrelevant. Stretching/waiving Russ just to have him gone gets you nowhere. Trading AD or even Bron might net you some young talent to replace what you gave up to get them.
You don't know what Russ can get back. As I said already, the fact that getting rid of him through waiving him is the only option to you tells the story.
The story is even better told by the fact that this concept is only gaining traction on here because we know that Phil has Jeannie dikkmatized, not for actual basketball reasons.