The Los Angeles Clippers signed Russell Westbrook following his buyout, which was a decision made more by their stars in Paul George and Kawhi Leonard than their front office. 

"The Clippers are pretty much admitting Paul George drove this decision," said Brian Windhorst on his podcast. "And from what I understand, they were internally against it at the start. Paul pushed for it publicly and privately. Kawhi supported it. And they looked more into it and they were like 'Well, you know, there are some things he can potentially help us with. One of the things that's a factor for us is we tend to kind of get a little loafy.

"They talked themselves into it is the long story short."

When the Los Angeles Lakers traded for Westbrook in 2021, it is believed that LeBron James and Anthony Davis similarly pushed for it. The enthusiasm from James and Davis is what led to the Lakers choosing Westbrook over trading for Buddy Hield or a sign-and-trade for DeMar DeRozan.

The difference between the Lakers and the Clippers, however, is the former gave up three key rotation players and took on two years of max salary for Westbrook. 

The Los Angeles Clippers have agreed to sign Keaton Wallace to a Two-Way contract.

Wallace is averaging 14.6 points, 3.9 rebounds and 3.8 assists in 31.8 minutes over 18 games with the Ontario Clippers of the G League.

Russell Westbrook is expected to eventually takeover as the starting point of the Los Angeles Clippers, sources told Law Murray of The Athletic.

Westbrook is set to sign with the Clippers for the rest of the season after negotiating a buyout with the Jazz. 

Murray adds that Terance Mann, who had been starting at point guard, would likely move to the bench. 

Russell Westbrook will sign with the LA Clippers for the remainder of the season. Westbrook negotiated a buyout with the Utah Jazz, after a deadline deal from the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Clippers were looking for point guard depth, after trading both Reggie Jackson and John Wall in deadline day moves. LA added Bones Hyland at the trade deadline, but wanted another veteran option on the roster.

Westbrook averaged 15.9 points, 6.2 rebounds and 7.5 assists in 28.7 minutes per game off the Lakers bench. Clippers All-Star Paul George campaigned for his team to add Westbrook on the buyout market. George and Westbrook were teammates on the Oklahoma City Thunder for two seasons from 2017 to 2019.

The Los Angeles Clippers will waive Moses Brown from his Two-Way contract, sources tell Law Murray of The Athletic.

The move opens up a Two-Way slot for the Clippers in addition to their open standard contract slot.

Brown appeared in 34 games for the Clippers, averaging 4.6 points and 4.1 rebounds in 8.5 minutes. Brown reached his 50th game active cap with the Clippers on Thursday.

The Los Angeles Clippers have opened conversations with Russell Westbrook about potentially signing with the team should he get bought out by the Utah Jazz, sources told Law Murray and Shams Charania of The Athletic.

The Jazz have given Westbrook permission to talk to teams around the league about having a larger role. 

Other interested teams include the Heat, Bulls, and Wizards. 

Russell Westbrook has had discussions with the Chicago Bulls, Washington Wizards, Miami Heat, and Los Angeles Clippers as possible destinations should he get bought out by the Utah Jazz, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

The Jazz gave Russell Westbrook permission to talk to other teams about having a larger role.

Wojnarowski adds that there is no rush for Westbrook to make a decision with the upcoming All-Star break.

Westbrook could also finish the season with the Jazz.

Paul George and Marcus Morris are pushing for the Los Angeles Clippers to sign Russell Westbrook should he agree to a buyout with the Utah Jazz.

George brought up Westbrook when he was asked if the Clippers should add a point guard with their open roster spot in the buyout market.

"I mean if there's, you know, somebody out there -- Russell," George said after the Clippers lost 119-106 to the Milwaukee Bucks at home on Friday night. "If it makes sense and obviously it goes with our team, we're all for it. You know, we need a point guard. But you know, [at] the same [time], I think we're good as well. If nothing happened, we got enough in this locker room to be able to make it work.

"But it would definitely improve our team if we had that traditional point guard to kind of get us in things and make the game easy. So hopefully Russell sees this and we figure something out."

The Utah Jazz and Russell Westbrook will discuss a contract buyout though it may require some level of negotiation from the two parties. Westbrook is on a $47 million expiring contract.

If Westbrook is bought out, he has been most strongly linked to the Los Angeles Clippers and Miami Heat, but it could be the Chicago Bulls who ultimately sign him.

"If he gets out into the buyout market, there is significant interest in Westbrook," said Adrian Wojnarowski. "I think one team you got to watch and I think will be a frontrunner are the Chicago Bulls. Billy Donovan certainly coached Westbrook in Oklahoma City. If you go further down his bench, Mo Cheeks, Josh Longstaff... There is a staff of former OKC assistants who all had good relationships and worked well with Westbrook with the Bulls. And you could see how he fits just bringing some energy and fire to that team's bench."

The Los Angeles Clippers have agreed acquire Mason Plumlee from the Charlotte Hornets for Reggie Jackson. Plumlee is on a $9 million expiring contract. 

Plumlee gives the Clippers a second big man behind Ivica Zubac.

The Clippers have remade their backcourt in sending out Jackson and John Wall while acquiring Bones Hyland and Eric Gordon. The Clippers have also been linked with Russell Westbrook, who is expected to be bought out.