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    Bill Plaschke: In signing Russell Westbrook, Clippers foolishly mirror the Lakers' mistake

    Fool you once, shame on Russell Westbrook. Fool you twice, shame on the Clippers. Are they serious right now? Do they have any idea what they just did? In their constant worldwide evaluation of players, did they not bother to look down the hall? The Monday news that the Clippers are acquiring the locker room stink bomb that is Russell Westbrook struck the sensibilities like a Westbrook jumper ...
    by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times Feb 20, 2023 4 minutes
    Russell Westbrook attends Lakers media day in El Segundo in September.

    Fool you once, shame on Russell Westbrook.

    Fool you twice, shame on the Clippers.

    Are they serious right now? Do they have any idea what they just did? In their constant worldwide evaluation of players, did they not bother to look down the hall?

    The Monday news that the Clippers are acquiring the locker room stink bomb that is Russell Westbrook struck the sensibilities like a Westbrook jumper off the side of the backboard.

    In keeping with the President's Day theme, I cannot tell a lie.

    This is really, really dumb.

    You may recall Westbrook spending the last season-and-a-half with the Lakers. The Clippers apparently didn't.

    You may recall the bricks, the ball hogging, the sullenness, the selfishness, the

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