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Bill Plaschke: Russell Westbrook is welcome home if he puts his new Lakers teammates first

LOS ANGELES — Welcome home, Russell Westbrook! Well, maybe. Yeah, possibly. OK, we’ll see. The Lakers either won an 18th championship or started an 18-alarm fire Thursday when they acquired the tempestuous Westbrook from the Washington Wizards for Kyle Kuzma, Montrezl Harrell, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and the 22nd overall draft pick. Either the Lakers now have a Big Three or a Big Bang Three. ...

LOS ANGELES — Welcome home, Russell Westbrook!

Well, maybe. Yeah, possibly. OK, we’ll see.

The Lakers either won an 18th championship or started an 18-alarm fire Thursday when they acquired the tempestuous Westbrook from the Washington Wizards for Kyle Kuzma, Montrezl Harrell, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and the 22nd overall draft pick.

Either the Lakers now have a Big Three or a Big Bang Three.

Either Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka is instinctively brilliant or he’s completely lost his mind.

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