This would be the second time in two seasons that a team has salary-dumped Reggie Jackson to the Hornets in order to make place for Russell Westbrook, demonstrating that NBA time may move in patterns rather than a sequence of distinct events.
Clearly, the backdrop of these events is different. The Lakers did not trade Caldwell-Pope and Kuzma for Westbrook due to second apron considerations. They simply made a dumb trade.
The Nuggets are cheaping out on KCP not only for budgetary reasons or because they believe Westbrook is as good or better, but also to avoid the plethora of actual roster restrictions that would
