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Two Clippers agree: Russell Westbrook would be a good fit with team

The Los Angeles Lakers' Russell Westbrook reacts after scoring against the Los Angeles Clippers at Crypto.com Arena on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Los Angeles.Westbrook scored his 24,000th career point in the first half.

LOS ANGELES — In comments that revealed differences in how some Clippers players value the role of a traditional point guard versus the team's front office, All-Star wing Paul George and starting forward Marcus Morris Sr. on Friday said the team needed to add a pure point guard and openly campaigned for Russell Westbrook.

The former Lakers guard, who was traded to Utah days earlier, has yet to be bought out by the Jazz, but George said he had been in contact with Westbrook since the trade to check on his former teammate in Oklahoma City.

Asked after Friday's 119-106 loss to Milwaukee, which dropped the Clippers to 31-28, whether the team needed a traditional point guard, George

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