Russell Westbrook's fit with the Los Angeles Lakers remains a hot topic. And it could get even hotter with Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report reporting that the team “has held internal discussions” centered on potentially moving Westbrook via trade.

The trio of LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook simply hasn’t blended as well as Lakers figures hoped, and Los Angeles has held internal discussions on trade scenarios for Russell Westbrook, league sources told B/R. But moving Westbrook and the two years, $91 million remaining on his contract does seem unlikely.

The Lakers are barely above .500 at this point of the regular season. While that's good enough for them to sneak into the current playoff picture, it isn't ideal for a team that is loaded with big names. Another thing that is not ideal is the aforementioned remaining salary of Westbrook when it comes to finding ways to trade the former league MVP.

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Westbrook can be a free agent as early as the end of the 2021-22 NBA season, but he also has a player option worth $47.06 million that he can exercise for the 2022-23 campaign.

With Anthony Davis not performing up to par and Westbrook being a high-usage player with a negative net rating — just like AD — the Lakers might be forced to let go of Westbrook. But of course, that's if a team out there is willing to absorb his titanic salary and declining play.