Charlotte Hornets Receive: C Myles Turner, G/F Talen Horton-Tucker
Los Angeles Lakers Receive: F Gordon Hayward, G/F Buddy Hield, F/C P.J. Washington, 2024 First-Round Pick (Top 5 Protected – CHA)
Indiana Pacers Receive: F/C Anthony Davis
This trade further illustrates the advantage in trading Anthony Davis instead of Russell Westbrook for the Los Angeles Lakers this summer.
Any trade that has the Lakers moving Westbrook and receiving value in return has them attaching draft capital. Depending on the return, they may have to send out as much as two first-round picks and a swap.
In this deal, the Lakers actually receive a first-round pick. Meanwhile, it should be worth the cost to the Hornets. They finally land their starting big man in Turner.
Meanwhile, the players the Lakers are receiving here will be very helpful in the short term. They still get the elite floor-spacer in Hield. They also get a small-ball 5 option in Washington who should make for a perfect compliment for Westbrook.
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Finally, they get a strong secondary playmaker in Hayward. If this deal doesn’t work for any of the parties involved, it at least gives us a reasonable framework for a Davis-to-Indiana trade.
