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NBA Twitter Accuse Lakers Of Tampering After Report Reveals LeBron, AD, And Westbrook Met Before Trade

This past Thursday, the Los Angeles Lakers acquired Russell Westbrook in exchange for Kyle Kuzma, Montrezl Harrell, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.

While unlike most trades, Westbrook’s arrival in L.A. raises perhaps more questions than it answers on the surface, it still caused a lot of noise in the NBA universe.

A different question that is being asked right now, is if the Lakers will get hit with tampering penalties again, because Westbrook met with LeBron James and Anthony Davis two weeks ago at LeBron’s house to discuss the possibility of playing together.

Per L.A. Times:

“They talked about putting their egos aside and playing as one in their quest to bring the Lakers another NBA championship. Westbrook talked about how his only intention was winning and coming back home to Los Angeles to become a champion.”

Upon seeing that the three met weeks ago, fans immediately complained that the Lakers got away with tampering and called for the league to fine them.

I wonder if the Lakers will get hit with tampering penalties again https://t.co/Vosp1xxEmt

— Riley (@_Rile_E_Coyote) July 30, 2021

So apparently Lebron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook talked about and planned this whole deal 2 weeks ago. Please don’t talk about tampering regarding the Suns talking with players on their own roster. It’s crazy how much Lebron gets away with!

— FLEX From Jersey (@FlexFromJersey) July 30, 2021

I have to ask… How is AD, LeBron, and Westbrook meeting two weeks ago not considered tampering???

— Drippy Longstockings (@CardoHuncho) July 30, 2021

So we not gonna talk about Lebron and ad having dinner 2 weeks ago with Russ discussing him getting traded? Or does tampering in the nba only matter when executives doing the talking ?

— C Huncho (@CMilli11) July 30, 2021

Thank god the league doesn’t care about the lakers tampering pic.twitter.com/I5oRDr0WYr

— Josh (@LUISGARCIASZN) July 30, 2021

tampering ass lakers https://t.co/Pafm46gCkE

— Chris (@Cesepts) July 30, 2021

The nba says it cares about tampering. Whole dog/pony show on rules to crack down. Has been reported by top notch reporters LeBron and AD tampered tog get Russ and KD tampered to get Harden.

If nba REALLY cares about tampering it would do something. But it doesn’t, so it won’t https://t.co/fcDkX6RapB

— Brooklynsbeat (@brooklynsbeat) July 30, 2021

That sounds like tampering to me, a LeBron James’ special https://t.co/1WZ6ghDMmz

— Frosty Bias (@frostybias) July 30, 2021

The Bucks lost a first round pick over a tweet…… Either enforce tampering or don’t https://t.co/OSR0IDiVfT

— Lucas Rohde (@Lucas_Rohde58) July 30, 2021