The Los Angeles Lakers made an unexpected trade on Sunday. They sent D’Angelo Russell, Maxwell Lewis, and three second-round picks to Brooklyn in exchange for Dorian Finney-Smith and Shake Milton. It’s a trade that should improve the Lakers on defense and give Russell and chance to showcase for teams before his impending free agency.
Russell had fallen out of favor with JJ Redick and the Lakers’ coaching staff. He had been demoted to the bench because of defensive mistakes. He now is in a spot where he should get more opportunities to play the kind of basketball he likes to play.
Former NBA point guard Patrick Beverley seems to like the trade for Russell as well. However, he strangely seems to be unsure about what the Lakers are getting in Finney-Smith. He took to social media to voice his opinion on the trade…