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PROYEKTONG SOLAR DRYER  NG RTN SA BRGY. SANDOVAL, BATARAZA NAPAPAKINABANGAN NG MGA MAGSASAKALubos ang pakinabang ng mga ...
03/03/2023

PROYEKTONG SOLAR DRYER NG RTN SA BRGY. SANDOVAL, BATARAZA NAPAPAKINABANGAN NG MGA MAGSASAKA

Lubos ang pakinabang ng mga residenteng magsasaka sa solar dyer sa Barangay Sandoval, Bataraza.

Ang solar dyer ay bahagi ng proyektong pang-kabuhayan ng RTN, CBNC at ng lokal na pamahalaan sa ilalim ng Social Development and Management Program (SDMP).

LOOK: RTN inaugurates today, March 1, the newly completed facilities as part of its environmental protection and enhance...
01/03/2023

LOOK: RTN inaugurates today, March 1, the newly completed facilities as part of its environmental protection and enhancement program.

The new additions to RTN’s environmental facilities are the Coconet Production, Coffee Processing,and Nursery Shed which are now ready for production.

The event is graced by visitors from the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) and Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the DENR.

The inauguration is done simultaneously to the ongoing conduct of validation/audit of RTN’s Safety & Health, Environment, and Social Development (SHES) and Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) compliance.

LOOK: Semirara Mining and Power Corporation and its Multi-partite Monitoring Team (SMPC-MMT) benchmarks with RTN's best ...
01/03/2023

LOOK: Semirara Mining and Power Corporation and its Multi-partite Monitoring Team (SMPC-MMT) benchmarks with RTN's best practices in Sustainable Mineral Development.


LOOK : The Rio Tuba Nickel (RTN) First Aid Team  won the First Grand Slam Feat in the Annual Mine Safety Environment (AN...
22/02/2023

LOOK : The Rio Tuba Nickel (RTN) First Aid Team won the First Grand Slam Feat in the Annual Mine Safety Environment (ANMSEC) First Aid Competition held in Baguio City.

The first aid team of RTN bested other companies for three years (2018,2019 and 2022).

80 BATARAZA FARMERS RECEIVE AGRI INPUTS FROM RIO TUBA MININGSupplemental farm inputs from Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Corpora...
17/02/2023

80 BATARAZA FARMERS RECEIVE AGRI INPUTS FROM RIO TUBA MINING

Supplemental farm inputs from Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Corporation (RTNMC) were awarded to 80 strong farmers in Sitio Gotok, Brgy. Sandoval, Bataraza to aid the group's agriculture livelihood.

The support is in line with the company's implementation of the Social Development and Management Program (SDMP)

Photos via Melissa Didik/RTN-ComRel

NAC SUBSIDIARY INAUGURATES FIRST-EVER SAFETY AND SKILLS TRAINING CENTER IN PALAWAN Listed natural resources development ...
01/02/2023

NAC SUBSIDIARY INAUGURATES FIRST-EVER SAFETY AND SKILLS TRAINING CENTER IN PALAWAN

Listed natural resources development firm Nickel Asia Corporation (NAC), through its subsidiaries Rio Tuba Nickel Mining (RTN) and Coral Bay Nickel Corporation (CBNC), recently inaugurated a P42-million Safety and Skill Training Center in Barangay Rio Tuba, Bataraza, Palawan – the first of its kind in the province and in the entire local mining industry.

The Center, financed through the combined Social Development and Management Program (SDMP) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds of RTN and CBNC, is part of the company’s commitment to creating a sustainable future for its mining communities.

The newly-minted Safety and Skills Training Center is also a response to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (UNSDGs) of “ensuring health and safety in the workplace” ; and to “ensure inclusive and equitable education and lifelong opportunities for all”.

“Safety is a way of life,” said Engr. Glenn N. Noble, regional director for the Mines and Geosciences Bureau-MIMAROPA, during the inauguration.

Noble lauded the opening of the Center, underscoring RTN and CBNC’s responsibilities to make the communities sustainable and self-reliant through their respective SDMPs – a five-year plan used as a tool for the implementation of development programs in the mining communities that MGB approves, endorses, and monitors.

Under the SDMP, at least 1.5 percent of a company’s total mining and milling costs must be monetized for the development of the mining communities. Of the amount, 75 percent must be spent on community development programs; 15 percent on mining technology and geosciences advancement programs; and 10 percent on information, education, and communication programs.

Reynaldo “Bong” dela Rosa, NAC Community Relations Group Manager, said the new Center is a show of commitment to the mining communities – an instrument that will foster integral human transformation, contribute to poverty alleviation, and help develop entrepreneurial skills that can guide people to a sustainable future.

Dela Rosa also emphasized that “essentially, safety and skills development and the fundamentals of the concept of sustainability are of the same objective – protecting and managing resources, our human workforce.”

“We cannot claim to be a sustainable organization if we do not take to heart the protection of the health and safety of our employees,” he added.

Engr. Ronel Suguitan, Resident Mine Manager for RTN, shared that the town of Bataraza is set to forge a partnership with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) for the job-preparatory skills training that will be offered at the Center.

Suguitan explained that the Center will also be maximized for manpower pooling, regularly training residents to be highly-qualified for local, domestic, and overseas employment.

JUST IN || RIO TUBA MINING EXTENDS SUPPORT TO  RESIDENTS OF SOFRONIO ESPAÑOLA AFFECTED BY FLOOD Flood-affected residents...
12/01/2023

JUST IN || RIO TUBA MINING EXTENDS SUPPORT TO RESIDENTS OF SOFRONIO ESPAÑOLA AFFECTED BY FLOOD

Flood-affected residents of the Municipality of Sofronio Española received 281 bags of relief goods as a support from Rio Tuba Nickel Corporation.

The relief assistance was received by Mayor Abner Rafael Tesorio who intends to distribute the assistance to families affected by the flood that caused severe damage to their livelihood and properties.

RTNMC is serious in its commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and community development programs.

It took part in various relief operations in the past not only in the Municipality of Bataraza but in other towns as well.

"RTNMC is always ready to provide necessary assistance to residents affected by natural calamities such as the recent flood that affected the life of the people in the community. The company is always ready to help when needed," said Venice Teresa Natad, acting Community Relations Manager of RTNMC.

BROOKE'S POINT LGU RECEIVES RELIEF GOODS FROM RIO TUBA MINING The Local Government of Brooke's Point received today, Jan...
09/01/2023

BROOKE'S POINT LGU RECEIVES RELIEF GOODS FROM RIO TUBA MINING

The Local Government of Brooke's Point received today, January 8, some 800 bags of relief goods from Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Corporation (RTNMC).

The assistance is intended for families affected by the recent flooding.

The turnover was facilitated by the town's MLGU and MDRRMO.

RTNMC, a mining company operating in the town of Bataraza in southern Palawan is greatly investing in Corporate Social Responsibility efforts and community development programs. It has been active in recovery initiatives in Palawan in times of calamities. The mining firm also put in place various relief operations during the ravaged of Typhoon Odette in 2021.

Photos: Board Member Al Ibba & RTN ComRel

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. greets Filipinos with a hopeful New Year and calls on drawing strength and inspiration...
31/12/2022

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. greets Filipinos with a hopeful New Year and calls on drawing strength and inspiration from the challenges that the nation overcame in the previous year.

PBBM is confident that through the spirit of Bayanihan, the country will move to greater heights in 2023 towards the primary goal of giving better lives to Filipinos.

Building momentum to welcome the new yearThe year 2022 is fast coming to an end and with its closure come various learni...
30/12/2022

Building momentum to welcome the new year

The year 2022 is fast coming to an end and with its closure come various learnings, challenges and roadblocks that we could all use to usher the new year in a stronger note.

Let us have a quick review of relevant matters that impacted the country this year.

Quarter 1 COVID-19 surge

Amid the country’s plan to get majority of the population get added COVID-19 boosters to help cull the spread of the pandemic’s many evolving variants, the country experienced a scary, but short-lived, mini spike of cases in quarter one of 2022.

With over 50% of the country having their basic 2-shot course of primary vaccines, the spread went under control entering quarter 2. The country’s vaccination plan and the healthcare system’s readiness in supporting critical cases, as well as its policy on isolation of minor positive cases, kept the spread in control for the most part of the year.

Russia-Ukraine crisis

As a bi-product of the Russia-Ukraine that started in late February of 2022, gas prices sky-rocketed to, at one point, a 90-peso (or close to) level per liter for diesel and premium gas. The domino effect was a rise in cost of basic goods and transportation. In a year severely impacted by business closures the prior year due to the pandemic, the economic turnaround that the previous administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte initiated in quarter 4 of 2021 took a hit.

Plans to revive the economy would later fall into the hands of President Ferdinand “Bong Bong” Marcos after winning the May 2022 polls.

Back to school, back to offices

In an attempt to jumpstart the economy, the initiative to bring workers back on-premise and students back to classrooms (for better learning environment) started to build momentum in quarter 2. With the COVID-19 pandemic still up, the benefits to move and bring on-site work and classes back, according to experts, outweigh the consequences of continuing to work in the confines of home.

As a result, people went back into the habit of daily commute which saw our major public streets and highways starting to build traffic up again specially in Metro Manila … reminiscent of pre-pandemic traffic.

Jampacked malls

In the busy-ness of it all, nobody noticed that the holiday season is just at the corner and viola … in the first holiday with less restrictions from the past two years, everyone decided to troop to the malls to get back to the new normal. And troop to the malls we did!

Traffic jams along major commercial corners pretty much hounded the Metro but understandably so because it has been quite a while since the last time people shopped for loved ones.

Plans for 2023

And now that we all know the pandemic is still very much around and that all people are outside working/ studying freely in an attempt to further improve the country’s economy, what can we do to make sure 2023 gets better for everyone?

Cut down on unnecessary spending: keep spending to the bare necessities. Gas prices and consumer goods price control is beyond most of our controls so it would be wise to do essential living in 2023
Save up for emergency situations: you’ll never known when COVID can hit again
Keep your masks on: despite the mandate of loosening the use of masks in public areas, it would be wise to continue wearing them as daily way of life
Plan trips wisely: since gas prices are still up, make sure to plan everything before going from point A to point B. if along point A, you can do a pit stop to another place along the road to point B, do so to save gas and energy
If possible, do a hybrid work/school or at home set up. Minimize some outside exposure to minimize the risk of contracting COVID
Boost immune system: today, our best investment is our general health and care so drinking up food supplements and vitamins will help boost our immune response against other viruses out there. For those not yet vaccinated for COVID-19, it’s not too late to get your doses

As we transition to the new year, I wish everyone the best of health and start living 2023 with caution, heavily investing in self and family, along with saving up for the rainy days to ensure one is ready when crisis hits. Stay safe everyone!

GALE WARNING ADVISORY! Strong to gale force winds associated with the Northeast MonsoonIssued: 27 Dec 22 - 5AMStrong to ...
27/12/2022

GALE WARNING ADVISORY!
Strong to gale force winds associated with the Northeast Monsoon
Issued: 27 Dec 22 - 5AM
Strong to gale force winds are expected to affect the following areas:
THE WESTERN SEABOARD OF SOUTHERN LUZON (Batangas, Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro including Lubang Island, Palawan including Calamian, Cuyo, and Kalayaan Islands)
Weather: Mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms.
Wind Force: 45 - 63 / 24 - 34
Sea Condition: Rough to very rough
Wave Height: 2.8 - 4.5
Fishing boats and other small seacrafts are advised not to venture out into the sea while larger sea vessels are alerted against big waves.

UAAP clash of titans as Ateneo takes UP to a game 3 title matchIt is now down to a final knockout game for the 85Th Univ...
15/12/2022

UAAP clash of titans as Ateneo takes UP to a game 3 title match

It is now down to a final knockout game for the 85Th Universities Athletic Association of the Philippines men’s basketball crown between the defending champions University of the Philippines and Ateneo.

In a finals rematch that saw the Fighting Maroons take the crown against the defending champion Blue Eagles in season 84, Ateneo, with a monster performance from foreign athlete and Gilas mainstay Ange Kouame who finished with 19 points and 11 rebounds to go with 3 steals and 3 blocked shots, took the Fight out of the Maroons with a dominating second half performance in game 2 Wednesday night forcing the winner take all match scheduled on Monday, December 19.

Kai Balunggay backed Kouame up with 15 points while mythical five awardee Forthsky Padrigao added 11.

The Maroons, whose big men Malick Diouf (named season 85 most valuable player) and Henry Galinato got into early foul trouble, had no solution to Kouame’s second half surge.

Carl Tamayo contributed heavily in the fourth quarter for the Maroons and finished with 15 points to lead UP. JD Cagulangan, the hero of the team’s championship match last season, added 11.

Both teams are now focused on preparations for the deciding game 3 to be held at the Araneta Coliseum.

A concern for the Maroons is the status of athletic big man Zavier Lucero, who got injured in the second half. His status is unknown as of this writing if he is confirmed to play on Monday but word is that he is questionable and that UP is planning on the worse case scenario that they could possibly play without him.

If Lucero could not play on Monday, his minutes will be spread between Tamayo and Galinato. Seldom used big man Bismarck Lina could be involved in the rotation when needed.

Ateneo will be coming off a morale boosting game 2 victory and nothing could be more dangerous to the Maroons than coach Tab Baldwin and Koaume in the warpath.

Ateneo would be trying to avoid back-to-back finals losses and would be happy to reward graduating players Koaume, Dave Ildefonso and BJ Andrade a parting gift by recovering the crown this season. UP will pull stops to try to make it a back-to-back championship, something the Maroons have never done in the history of the school.

UP head coach Goldwyn Monteverde may have been outclassed in game 2 but expect him to make adjustments in the UP system now that Lucero appears to be questionable. A lesson he would most certainly adapt to for game 3 is keeping his big men off foul trouble early to avoid being abused in the paint.

Baldwin will most likely apply everything that worked for him in game 2 with small adjustments to keep UP guessing.

It will be a chess match of a game 3, a matchup made in heaven, a dream game for all basketball fans whether you are from UP, Ateneo, or not. Game time is set at 6PM Monday, December 19, 2022 at the Araneta Coliseum.

PALAWAN SP  APPROVES P4.293B PROV'L BUDGET FOR 2023The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Palawan approved today December 13 th...
13/12/2022

PALAWAN SP APPROVES P4.293B PROV'L BUDGET FOR 2023

The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Palawan approved today December 13 the proposed budget of P4,293,809,569 of the provincial government for 2023.

USAID-SAFE WATER, GLOBE TELECOM PROVIDES FOREST MONITORING TOOLS TO CITY ENROThe USAID-Safe Water Project and the Globe ...
08/12/2022

USAID-SAFE WATER, GLOBE TELECOM PROVIDES FOREST MONITORING TOOLS TO CITY ENRO

The USAID-Safe Water Project and the Globe Telecom Inc. turned over mobile phones to the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (City ENRO) of Puerto Princesa and the Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Offices (MENROs) of Quezon, Rizal, Narra, Aborlan, Roxas, Taytay and Dumaran in a ceremony conducted on December 6, 2022 at Holiday Suites, North National Road, Tiniguiban, Puerto Princesa City.

These mobile phones are useful tool in forest protection and monitoring since these are equipped with the LAWIN Forest and Biodiversity Protection System mobile applications.

Present during the activity were Ms. Alma Porcuincula, Chief of Party, USAID-Safe Water, Joanne Dulce of the USAID’s Environment Office, Forester Aldrin Bayangos of the Corporate Communications Group of the Globe Telecom, Inc. among others. Also present were representatives from the different municipalities in Palawan who are recipient of mobile phones/ equipped with LAWIN Mobile Apps.

Community Development Assistant II Rose Aileen T. San Luis of the City ENRO represented the City ENRO, Atty. Carlo B. Gomez during the activity.

In her message, she highlighted the importance of sustaining the technology taught by the USAID which is known as LAWIN, a forest and biodiversity protection tool.

“The LAWIN Forest and Biodiversity Protection System which is a user-friendly technology and science based assessment that facilitates the monitoring activities in our forests will definitely help us in properly managing our forests, the habitat of our wildlife, and protect them from the threats of deforestation, degradation, and as well as other destruction caused by human activities,” San Luis said while delivering a message as a representative of the Office of the City ENRO.

She informed that the Office of the City ENRO conducted puppet shows in the different schools and barangays as part of its awareness campaign to protect the forest, conserve its natural resources and help influence people’s behavior towards the environment.

“Protecting the environment, and conserving the remaining wildlife species has been an enormous challenge for the government and various stakeholders. The Puppet show and other campaign tools have been considered as an important approach to help reduce wildlife poaching and other destructive practices and activities that cause pressures to the environment,” San Luis explained in her message.

08/12/2022

LOOK: CAPITOL CONTRACTUAL EMPLOYEES TO GET P6K IN BONUS

Good news for the 7,000 contractual employees of the Palawan provincial government.

The Sangguniang Panlalawigan has approved P40 million for the bonus of the contractual workers.

The budget was sourced from the savings of the provincial government this year.

Initially, the proposal was to give the contractual employees P3,000 cash plus P3,000 worth of grocery packs but due to time constraints in purchasing it was decided to give the bonus in cash.

The bonus is expected to be released before Christmas December 25.

Source: BM Anton Alvarez FB

COURT DISSOLVES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ORDER ON SEAWALL PROJECT IN NARRAThe Regional Trial Branch 51 has decided to li...
08/12/2022

COURT DISSOLVES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ORDER ON SEAWALL PROJECT IN NARRA

The Regional Trial Branch 51 has decided to lift the Temporary Environmental Protection Order (TEPO) on a seawall project in Barangay Calategas, Narra, Palawan due to the failure of petitioners to show proof of the adverse environmental impact of the project to the people and the environment.

The 9-page decision of RTC Branch 51 signed by Acting Presiding Paul B. Jagmis, Jr. dated November 21, 2022 and received by the parties on 05 December 2022, said that “while there is evidence that the project affects the people and the environment petitioners failed to show that it has actual, immediate, and direct on them thereby causing grave and irreparable injury to them.”

The petitioners of the case are Roxanne R. Barlas, Teofilo T. Tredez, Cecille D. Garbino, and Reyland Rodriguez.

On July 7, 2022, the court issued a 72-hour TEPO against respondents Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) represented by Secretary Manuel Bonoan, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) represented by Acting Secretary Jim O. Sampluna, Palawan Council for Sustainable Development represented by Executive Director Teodoro Jose S. Matta, Municipality of Narra represented by Mayor Gerandy Danao, St. Timothy Construction Corporation/ PTK Group, Inc., and their officers, enjoining them to cease and desist from constructing and ex*****on of seawall with an access road project in Brgy. Calategas, Narra, Palawan.

A TEPO is an order by the court directing or enjoining any person or government to perform or desist from performing an act to protect, preserve or rehabilitate the environment.

A TEPO is premised on environmental law or threatened damage, or injury to the environment by any person, even the government and its agencies.

The court found out from the evidence of respondents, after a series of assessment, validation and test conducted before the construction of the project, that “ the Seawall Project is necessary to control and mitigate the effect of fluvial flooding and severe waves and storm surges brought by typhoons.”

The court said that the continued effectivity of the TEPO would cause irreparable injury on the part of the government, the residents of Purok Tabing-Dagat and Purok Pinag-isa, Brgy. Calategas, and the taxpayers.

“To save the properties and lives of the residents in the area and considering that it is during this season that strong typhoon hit the country, the Court finds the necessity of lifting and dissolving the TEPO,” according to the nine-page decision of the court.

It added that continuance of the TEPO would cause irreparable damage to the government.
The court further stated that while damage to the private respondent can be measured and is subject to mathematical computation, the damage brought to the government, including the danger to the life and property of its people, by the unfinished seawall and the strong typhoons cannot be recompensed with and cannot be remedied under any standard of compensation.

According to Richard B. Padilla, a resident of the area, their house is usually damaged by the storm surge because the soil is washed out by seawater.

If the TEPO is not lifted and the structural integrity of the project is compromised, the project will no longer serve its purpose, and it will be a waste of taxpayers’ money.

The private contractor St. Timothy Construction/PTK Group Inc. joint venture has been represented by Atty. Gabriel P. Olandesca, while the DPWH and the DENR were both represented by the OSG.

NICKEL ASIA BATS FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATIONNickel Asia Corp. (NAC) Environmental teams, with representatives from all...
07/12/2022

NICKEL ASIA BATS FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

Nickel Asia Corp. (NAC) Environmental teams, with representatives from all of its subsidiaries, got together for the first time as a group in Surigao del Norte to map their corporate direction for 2023 and to dissect and absorb the new environmental law issued by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) early this year.

The Department Administrative Order (DAO 2022-04) issued last March mandates all mining companies to incorporate the principles and processes of biodiversity assessment and ecological protection right before the start of actual mining operation and not only during rehabilitation proceedings that continue up to end of mine life.

What is common understanding, is that biodiversity assessment and environmental safeguards happen only during progressive rehabilitation when intensive mining operations begin.

The new DAO ensures that all adequate measures for responsible mining towards biodiversity conservation and protection get focused as early as during planning.

Engr. Remedios Collado-Camo, NAC AVP for Industrial Safety/OIC, Environment Sector, notes that one very interesting provision in the DAO is the mandate to establish a ‘Reference Ecosystem’, which, according to the law, is “the original state of the ecosystem during pre-mining status that will serve as the guiding image or model for ecosystem restoration or rehabilitation”.

Engr. Camo explains that the ‘Reference Ecosystem’ is a small part of land duly preserved to represent how the area looked like before mining disturbance. This piece of land referred to as “Reference Ecosystem” will then become the guide and the pattern to follow on how to responsibly rehabilitate the land after mining as ordered by law.

“It is no longer about just to beautify mined-out areas after mining but to restore the land to its original form and the DAO will guide us on how to effectively do our job to achieve that state,” furthers Camo.

The new DAO will put emphasis on the protection and conservation of native and endemic species, maximizing its potentials, to efficiently bring back the forest, as close as possible, to its original form after mining.

Camo says the DAO will help streamline all that the Environmental Groups at NAC have been doing since the beginning and the processes will now be more effective and appreciated because DENR now has provided a detailed guide on biodiversity assessment, protection and sustainability.

Camo adds that she is committed to help navigate her entire team through this new DENR biodiversity assessment which, she says, is the backbone of all of NAC’s operations and the core of the mining company’s business processes and strategies. The mantra of responsible mining is bringing back what were disturbed to its original condition, or even better.
“As our President and CEO, Dennis Zamora, always says – it is not mining if it’s not responsible,” Camo relays.

The Lakers dilemma The National Basketball Association (NBA) 2022-2023 season is now 20-elimination games deep, pretty m...
29/11/2022

The Lakers dilemma

The National Basketball Association (NBA) 2022-2023 season is now 20-elimination games deep, pretty much a full quarter of basketball, and this is the period where most teams evaluate their chances for a playoff berth.

Unfortunately, the Los Angeles Lakers, are still at the bottom quartile of the powerful western conference … and to date, after numerous rumors or trade storylines, they still have Russell Westbrook on their roster, a predicament the team has been trying to deal with even though signs show that this version of a big-3 (Westbrook, with Anthony Davis and Lebron James) will never really click.

New Lakers head coach Darvin Ham tried to keep the trio in the starting line up together at the start of the season but the losses kept on piling-up to the point that they were once cellar-dwellars in the league early on. A slight modification, that of letting Westbrook take the lead on the second unit, playing off the bench, paid off a little bit to keep them out of the bottom rank in the west with a 7-12 win-loss slate. This move, however, is still far off from their lofty expectations to get back to title contention.

It seems like the Lakers and Lebron James would still want to yield a new version of a big-3 by letting Westbrook go (and their most precious 1st round draft picks) by getting another league superstar. Alas, months have passed-by and it seems like the Lakers couldn’t pull off a major trade bait to make it a reality.

Westbrook’s marketability, in talent and potential, is already awash with his performance in Hollywood. He could still be a marquee player in another team but since his recent show in LA doesn’t show much promise, other teams seem to be holding back on pulling off trade for him.

The value bigger value that Westbrook could bring to a team is his huge 46M dollar salary that will come off a team’s books by end of the season. An ideal trade for a team tanking to get the higher odds to pick a generational talent in Victor Wembanyama in next season’s NBA draft. The question is which team will actually bite.

If the Lakers are still aiming for a superstar for Westbrook, they should be willing to part ways with their next two first rounders, effectively shutting down their team’s future after trading picks away to assemble the big 3. If they yield a young superstar, however, it could pay off pairing him with a peaking, yet brittle, Anthony Davis and a still in-form Lebron James.

The Washington Wizards have long been tied up to the Lakers as far as trades go and Bradley Beal still happens to be a prime target for LA … if the Lakeshow is willing to give up those 2 draft picks.

If a deal for a superstar is hard to pull off, then general manager Rob Pelinka should settle for a trade that will yield more depth for LA. The Pacers seem to be willing to part ways with Myles Turner and Buddy Hield, plus a midlevel talent, to get Westbrook and those two draft picks but Pelinka seem to be waiting for December 15 when all players that signed over the summer are eligible to be traded.

Time is crucial for the Lakers and with Lebron James now 37 years old and on his 19th season in the league, the window to get the most out of his talents is shrinking faster, hence, the urgency to make a trade to lift their chances up this season.
The next two weeks will be crucial in the negotiation table and expect the Lakers to make big swings to surprise the sporting world on the direction they would like to take this season. If a deal does not materialize, LA should just focus on getting Lebron take the scoring title away from erstwhile leader Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and focus on the summer of 2023.

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