The Lakers are finalizing a deal to acquire the feisty veteran defender in exchange for Talen Horton-Tucker and Stanley Johnson, according to multiple reports.
The Lakers are finalizing a deal to acquire veteran guard Patrick Beverley from the Utah Jazz in exchange for Talen Horton-Tucker and Stanley Johnson, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski was first to report on Wednesday night.Beverley, 34, is a 10-year NBA veteran who has played for the Clippers, Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves. The Jazz acquired him as part of the trade that sent center Rudy Gobert to Minnesota earlier this summer.
Beverley, who was drafted by the Lakers in 2009 before his rights were traded to the Miami Heat, has career averages of 8.8 points, 4.3 rebounds ands 3.5 assists and career shooting percentages of 41.4% from the field and 37.8% from behind the arc. Beverley, who spent 2017-21 with the Clippers, should provide a boost to a Laker defense that ranked 21st in the league last season and was particularly weak on the perimeter. According to ESPN’s Stats & Information, over the past five seasons, the perennial pest has held opponents to 41.9% shooting as the closest defender, the second-best mark among players defending at least 2,000 shots. Lakers big man Anthony Davis is fourth on that list.
Horton-Tucker, 21, spent his first three NBA seasons with the Lakers, who drafted him out of Iowa State in the second round in 2019. He appeared in 60 games last year, averaging 10 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 25.2 minutes per game. He shot 41.6% overall and 26.9% from 3-point range.
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