Sources – Lakers trading D’Angelo Russell to Nets in 4-player deal
The Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to trade D’Angelo Russell, Maxwell Lewis and three second-round picks to the Brooklyn Nets for Dorian Finney-Smith and Shake Milton, sources told ESPN on Sunday.
Russell, the second overall pick in the 2015 draft, is averaging 12.4 points, 2.8 rebounds and 4.7 assists in 26.3 minutes per game this season. The 28-year-old point guard returns to the Nets, where he played for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons, when he earned his only All-Star selection.
Finney-Smith, 31, is averaging 10.4 points and 4.6 rebounds this season for the Nets, with whom he’s played since arriving in the Kyrie Irving trade from the Dallas Mavericks in February 2023. The forward has averaged 8.3 points and 4.6 rebounds during his nine NBA seasons.
Milton, 28, is averaging 7.4 points, 1.9 rebounds and 2.4 assists in his first season with the Nets.
Lewis, a 22-year-old forward taken in the second round of the 2023 draft, has seen action in seven games this season, averaging 4.1 minutes.
Source: espn.com