Trading Russell Westbrook

A busy, complicated summer awaits for the Lakers, but let's get into the options they do have for parting with the former MVP

The Los Angeles Lakers can't come out and say what everyone knows: They want to trade Russell Westbrook before the start of next season.

What does Westbrook want?

After the Lakers were officially doomed to finishing no higher than 11th place in the Western Conference, in what basketball historians will surely record as the most profound underachievement i…