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‘And so it begins…’: Skip Bayless questions the timing of Russell Westbrook’s injury JUST after being moved to the bench, as Lakers star leaves early with a hamstring problem
- Skip Bayless seemed suspicious of Russell Westbrook’s injury in the Lakers loss
- Westbrook exited the game in the first quarter with an left hamstring injury
- Though Bayless looked like he was not buying it, as the Lakers got blown out
- His FS1 colleague, Shannon Sharpe, has said the ex-MVP is finished with LA
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FS1 pundit Skip Bayless has questioned the timing of Russell Westbrook’s hamstring injury, which occurred during the Lakers’ final preseason game at Sacramento.
Westbrook exited the game during the first quarter with a left hamstring injury on Friday night.
The former NBA MVP came off the bench for the first time since his rookie season in what new Lakers coach Darvin Ham called a ‘realignment’ of the team’s roles, as opposed to a ‘demotion’ for Westbrook specifically.
Although Bayless had a separate idea of his own, tweeting that the nine-time All-Star had potentially feigned injury to avoid the ignominy of continuing from the bench.
Skip Bayless has long been a critic of the Lakers’ Russell Westbrook, online and on Undisputed
This week, he took aim at Westbrook’s injury in the Lakers’ final NBA preseason game
‘Weird Westbrook development,’ Bayless wrote. ‘On the night he was reportedly demoted to the second team, he exited the game with what the team said is a hamstring injury… though it was unclear when he hurt it. Hmmm. And so it begins.’
Westbrook is set to be reevaluated Saturday, and according to Spectrum SportsNet, Ham said that Westbrook expected it not to be a serious injury.
Bayless’ Undisputed colleague, Shannon Sharpe, expressed his thoughts on where Westbrook and the Lakers stand after he appeared to half-heartedly attempt to join a huddle during a preseason game vs. Minnesota.
Westbrook injured his hamstring in the first quarter Friday but it is not thought to be serious
‘I think I speak for a lot of Laker Nation fans. They ready to be done with Russ. Russ doesn’t wanna be a Laker, and the Lakers don’t want him,’ Sharpe said on Friday’s airing of the FS1 show.
‘They done with Russ. I think Russ is done with them also… I’ve never seen somebody wave off a huddle.
‘The Lakers made a mistake, Russ made a mistake in wanting to come to the Lakers. This is not gonna work.
Shannon Sharpe believes the Lakers and nine-time All-Star are mutually done with one another
‘As long as he’s on the team, the Lakers are not going to win a championship or really compete for a championship. I’m over this situation.
‘Hopefully, they can get some value out of him running the second unit. I hope that’s the case. But it would be so much better if they were just able to part ways.’
The Lakers were belted 133-86 by the Kings to finish the preseason 1-5. They begin the NBA regular season on Tuesday against the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco.
The LA Lakers are often a source of conversation for Bayless and Sharpe on their FS1 show
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