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A free agent this summer, he has made it clear he's keeping his options open. His shooting numbers since the trade (47.5% from the field, 39.8% from 3) are career bests, and he has had some big moments already: His 28 points and nine assists in a March 10 win against Toronto and 26 points and six assists in a March 22 win against Phoenix stand out. The most pivotal of all the acquisitions thanks to his position and his diverse offensive package, Russell has been a great fit in Los Angeles despite missing nine games since Feb. Stats since coming to the Lakers: 17.1 PPG, 6.3 APG, 3.0 RPG Here's a look at how those six players have performed so far and a breakdown of what it will cost the Lakers to keep them, with help from ESPN NBA front-office insider Bobby Marks.

7 seed with three games remaining in the regular season. 12 in the Western Conference on the day of the Hachimura acquisition to the No. that ended with a 135-133 overtime win in Utah on Tuesday, the Lakers have gone 16-7, vaulting from No. 'It just so happened that Rob was able to pull the trigger on some things that made the most sense in the world and was able to balance out our lineup and really bring guys in that complement our top two dogs.'įrom their first game action through the team's four-game trip away from L.A. 'I'm happy for the changes we were able to make,' Lakers coach Darvin Ham said. The players - D'Angelo Russell from Minnesota Jarred Vanderbilt and Malik Beasley from Utah Mo Bamba from Orlando and Davon Reed from Denver - made an immediate impact. In a flurry of trades, the Lakers parted with five more players - Russell Westbrook, Patrick Beverley, Thomas Bryant, Juan Toscano-Anderson and Damian Jones - along with two more second-round picks and their 2027 first-round selection (top-four protected), for a stockpile of new players and three second-round picks. Two and a half weeks later, with the Lakers stagnant in the standings and coming off a loss to Oklahoma City on the night LeBron James passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the league's leading career scorer, Pelinka deconstructed some more. 23, Pelinka sent guard Kendrick Nunn and three future second-round picks to the Wizards in a trade for forward Rui Hachimura, a 2019 lottery pick with a polished offensive skill set who hadn't managed to develop in Washington. In the first stroke of reconstruction on Jan. 500 just past the halfway mark of the season, Los Angeles Lakers vice president of basketball operations and general manager Rob Pelinka knew his roster needed to change - in a big way. Six Lakers who reshaped the roster and how L.A.

LAKERS ROSTER 2012 UPGRADE

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