The Los Angeles Lakers have made a significant move ahead of the NBA trade deadline, sending guard D'Angelo Russell to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for forward Dorian Finney-Smith and guard Shake Milton.
The Los Angeles Lakers traded guard D’Angelo Russell to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for forward Dorian Finney-Smith and guard Shake Milton . The Lakers also sent forward Maxwell Lewis and three second-round draft picks to Brooklyn on Sunday. Russell averaged a career-low 12.4 points for the Lakers this season in a reduced role under new coach JJ Redick, who had promised to enhance the guard’s formidable offensive game.
However, Russell was benched from the starting lineup early in the season, and struggled to have a consistent impact as a reserve, with a significant decline in his shooting percentages. Finney-Smith is not a high-scoring player, but he is a steady forward who fills an obvious need for the Lakers. Los Angeles has had inconsistent wing play and has lacked an effective defender at the key position during the long-term injury absence of Jarred Vanderbilt, who has not played since February 1st. Finney-Smith averaged 10.4 points and 4.6 rebounds this season for the Nets, who acquired him from Dallas in February 2023 in the Kyrie Irving trade. Finney-Smith has been limited to five games this month due to an ankle sprain and a calf contusion, but the 31-year-old played 27 minutes against San Antonio on Friday. Redick and Finney-Smith were teammates in the Mavericks during the 2020-21 season, and Redick has expressed admiration for Finney-Smith’s gritty play. Milton joins his sixth NBA team in less than two years, including his third trade in 11 months. He is averaging 7.4 points and 2.4 assists per game this season as a reserve for the Nets. Russell was traded by the Lakers to the Nets for the second time in his career. He also made the move in 2017 after spending his first two seasons in the NBA in Los Angeles, who selected him in the 2015 draft
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