Is this potential Dejounte Murray-Lakers trade scenario a winning formula? | NBA Today

Is this potential Dejounte Murray-Lakers trade scenario a winning formula? | NBA Today

Tonight the Lakers are going to be in Atlanta visiting the Hawks they played last night in Houston LeBron the ninth seated Lakers are two and five on back-to-backs the season Anthony Davis he is out tonight but since they’re playing the Hawks it’s only right that we need to revisit a potential Deonte

Murray trade with the deadline only nine days away so here’s a look at our very own Kevin Pelton the trade he wants to see the Lakers they would acquire Murray in a three-way deal that would see the Hawks receive Spencer dwy from the Nets a Lakers 2029 first round pick D’Angelo

Russell then routed to Brooklyn get it got it take that all in Zach is this a deal that the Lakers should make it’s a deal the Lakers should make although that 2029 pick if it’s unprotected is a pretty valuable asset the better question is is it a deal that

Atlanta should make I’m trading Deon Murray for that for for one first round pick essentially and Spencer Den witty or D’Angelo Russell goes to the N I get Spencer Den witty on an expiring contract not sure that’s worth my while in terms of a trade when I gave up way

More than that to get to je Murray unless I’m really betting against the Lakers in 2029 yeah I don’t think that the Lakers should do it just because it’s one pick they’re working with for Deonte Murray and maybe you know a player versus in the offseason they could have three of their picks

Available for an even better player so would you rather you know help LeBron James now with deant or help LeBron James with a someone that is worthy of maybe potentially three picks in the off season and betting on him at which we’re betting on him at 39 cuz we’re see what

We seeing I don’t think it’s enough for Atlanta in return I agree with Zack here’s the thing here’s one way I do like it for the Lakers I don’t think they’re good enough on the perimeter defensively against the guards they’re going to have to play if they do want to

Make a run because they’re going to be coming let’s say from the e spot you’re playing guys like Shay gilis Alexander you’re playing against guys like Devin builer you’re playing against highlevel scoring guards the jonay Murray can really help you in the perimeter defensively I just don’t know like the

Fit offensively around LeBron and AD is that something where you’re going to max out who Deonte Murray can be so Zach if you’re not making this deal is there something you’re keeping an eye on for the Los Angeles Lakers no I mean just the broader tradem Mark and we keep throwing these names

Out there and it doesn’t seem like the Lakers are super excited about some of them it doesn’t seem like they’re offering enough to get others I mean we’ll just we’ll just have to see but there’s there’s no one specific you know that’s really going to change their

Season that comes to mind and there in I think lies the problem for the Los Angeles Lakers Zach mentioned it earlier it felt like a couple of moves that they could make last year we were all asking these questions well if they just do this if they just make a trade center

Around Russell Westbrook it doesn’t feel like they have that big move to make here and that’s the issue for [Applause] [Applause] LA

Tim Legler, Chiney Ogwumike and Zach Lowe join me on NBA Today to discuss Kevin Pelton’s dream trade that would send Dejounte Murray to the Los Angeles Lakers, Spencer Dinwiddie to the Atlanta Hawks and D’Angelo Russell to the Brooklyn Nets.

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