Dejounte Murray, D’Angelo Russell Trade Being Discussed
The Atlanta Hawks have been the center of attention lately, with them wanting to get rid of Dejounte Murray, making a lot of teams ready to scoop him up. With all the competition for Murray, the Los Angeles Lakers are making moves and already discussing trade packages.
Per The Athletic’s Jovan Buha, both sides want to swap guards in this interesting package. Los Angeles would give Atlanta Russell, Jalen Hood-Schifino, a 2029 first-rounder, and some other draft assets. Atlanta would give up just Murray.
It’s also been reported the Lakers are making Austin Reaves untouchable, and the Hawks are making Trae Young untouchable.
Buha said while talks have stalled out, they’re expected to pick back up closer to teams getting to this season’s trade deadline. Rob Pelinka is taking this time before the deadline to assess if moves need to be done and, if so, make some according to their needs.