11:10pm: The deal is now official, according to the NBA. The Lakers used their picks on Josh Hart and Thomas Bryant.
9:33pm: The Jazz have agreed to acquire the No. 28 overall pick from the Lakers, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical (via Twitter). Wojnarowski reports that Utah will use its newly-acquired pick to grab UNC’s Tony Bradley.
In exchange for giving up the No. 28 pick, the Lakers will move back two spots and pick up an extra selection. According to Wojnarowski (via Twitter), Utah is sending the 30th and 42nd overall picks to L.A. in the swap.
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The Lakers already used two first-round picks, selecting Lonzo Ball at No. 2 and Kyle Kuzma at No. 27. Now, the team will have two more selections to use, as Magic Johnson and Rob Pelinka continue to stockpile assets.
As for the Jazz, it’s the second time they’ve traded up tonight. Utah used Trey Lyles in a deal with Denver to move up from No. 24 to No. 13 and select Donovan Mitchell. Now, they’ve used the 42nd overall pick to move up from No. 30 to No. 28 for Bradley.
Clever work Lakers.
Tipping another trades about to go down….
I wonder if the Lakers offer Randle, Kuzma, 30th pick and 42nd pick plus a future pick for George. Maybe even offer Brewer. Not saying the Packers will take that trade but it would make sense to at least offer it. Can’t see why else they’d keep bringing in more and more young guys. You can have a team with young guys but you eventually need to add some veterans to the mix.
Cousins and Butler 2 superstars with underwhelming returns. Pacers might be getting greedy with George especially with just 1 year of control left
Magic Johnson doing work. Gotta give him some props tonight, even though I’m not sold on Ball over Jackson/Fox