Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley weren’t impressed by the Lakers trading for Rui Hachimura earlier this week. During TNT’s postgame show on Friday (AEDT), the pair took a few jabs at the 24-year-old forward and his new team, with O’Neal saying he didn’t even know who the former Wizards player was. Watch an average of … Read more
LOS ANGELES — Having already made a major move 2½ weeks prior to the NBA’s trade deadline by acquiring Rui Hachimura from the Washington Wizards on Monday, Los Angeles Lakers vice president of basketball operations and general manager Rob Pelinka still stressed urgency in upgrading the roster. “[We] felt like it was an opportunity for … Read more
Part of the appeal of the Rui Hachimura trade the Los Angeles Lakers made on Monday was the relatively meager price. Opposing teams have spent the entire season asking the Lakers for one of their two tradable first-round picks in almost any negotiated trade, but the Washington Wizards were willing to send him to the … Read more
The Phoenix Suns are reportedly assessing their future without Chris Paul and eventual replacements for the veteran superstar point guard at the trade deadline, according to NBA insider Marc Stein. It comes amid an up and down season from Paul, who’s been restricted to 27 of a possible 48 games due to injury in an … Read more
Week 15 of the 2022-23 NBA season is underway and pieces are starting to move ahead of the Feb. 9 trade deadline and NBA All-Star weekend. Some teams are looking to solidify their rosters for title runs by bringing in key contributors. Others are looking to acquire assets for the future. We’ll go over who’s … Read more
Adam Pantozzi The 2023 NBA trade deadline is still a few weeks away but the Los Angeles Lakers decided they didn’t have time to wait. Early on Monday, they sent Kendrick Nunn and three future second-round picks to the Washington Wizards in exchange for fourth-year forward Rui Hachimura. While there had been rumblings about Hachimura … Read more
The Los Angeles Lakers and Washington Wizards have completed a trade that will send fourth-year forward Rui Hachimura to Los Angeles in exchange for Kendrick Nunn and three second-round picks (in 2023, 2028 and 2029), the teams announced Monday. Hachimura is averaging 13.0 points and 4.3 rebounds on 33.7 percent 3-point shooting this season and matched … Read more
The Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to a deal to acquire Washington Wizards forward Rui Hachimura for Kendrick Nunn and three second-round picks, sources told ESPN on Monday. The deal includes a 2023 second-round pick via Chicago, the Lakers’ own in 2029 and the less favorable of the Wizards’ and Lakers’ 2028 second-round picks, sources … Read more
The Lakers are finally making roster moves. Los Angeles is finalising a trade that will send guard Kendrick Nunn and three second-round picks to the Wizards for forward Rui Hachimura, according to multiple reports. Watch an average of 9 LIVE NBA Regular Season games per week on ESPN on Kayo Sports on ESPN on Kayo … Read more
Getty Images The Los Angeles Lakers and Washington Wizards are in advanced talks on a trade that would send fourth-year forward Rui Hachimura to Los Angeles in exchange for Kendrick Nunn and multiple second-round picks, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Lakers have been in trade talks all season to help fill in a thin … Read more