5:23pm: The Lakers have officially announced the addition of Hachimura in a press statement.
12:15pm: The agreement has been finalized, Wojnarowski tweets. The Wizards will receive the Bulls’ second-round pick this year, the Lakers’ second-rounder in 2029 and the least favorable of the Wizards’ and Lakers’ second-rounders in 2028.
The Lakers had acquired the Wizards’ 2028 second-round pick in a prior trade.
11:42am: The Lakers are in advanced talks to acquire Rui Hachimura from the Wizards, tweets ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The price will be guard Kendrick Nunn and multiple second-round picks, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link).
Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports reports that L.A. offered Nunn and two second-rounders to Washington on Friday, but the Wizards turned it down in hopes of getting a first-round pick for Hachimura, who was drafted ninth overall in 2019 (Twitter link). An agreement was reached Monday when the Lakers added another second-rounder to their offer.
The trade is expected to be finalized this afternoon, according to Wojnarowski (Twitter link). Specifics on the picks involved haven’t been released, but Bobby Marks of ESPN points out (via Twitter) that L.A. has seven second-rounders available, including its own and Chicago’s in this year’s draft.
Hachimura never developed into a star in Washington, but the 24-year-old forward has been a solid rotation player throughout his entire time with the Wizards. In 30 games this season, all as a reserve, he’s averaging 13.0 points and 4.3 rebounds while shooting 48.8% from the field and 33.7% from three-point range.
The Wizards didn’t sign Hachimura to a rookie scale extension before the October deadline, so he’ll be a free agent this summer. The Lakers can make him restricted, giving them the right to match any offer he receives, by issuing a qualifying offer likely to be worth about $7.74MM.
Basketball reporter Marc Stein hears that Washington was willing to part with Hachimura because of increased confidence that the team will be able to re-sign Kyle Kuzma in free agency after he turns down his player option (Twitter link).
After signing with the Lakers as a free agent in 2021, Nunn missed his entire first season due to a knee injury. He has appeared in 39 games this year, making two starts, and is averaging 6.7 PPG in 13.5 minutes per night. The 27-year-old will be an unrestricted free agent in July.
Smooth move for LAL if it happens. Rui is gonna be a really good forward for yrs to come, especially offensively. Really nice move for their frontcourt at a fairly low cost… not sure what DC is thinking tho. It would have to be a bunch of 2nds for this to make sense to me.
3 2nds actually ain’t too bad for DC but definitely worth it for LAL except that they def might want to keep a 2nd available to draft Bronny next yr
I swear if Bronny get drafted im taking the next 6 months to get in shape and dusting off the sneaks to get into a camp! I was 3x the Prep player he is and played against his dad in HS. Bronny has been mediocre in HS and will be a 8ppg scorer in College, nowhere close to NBA level talent.
but bronny got that dawg in him
3rd best player on a HS team tho
You sound like a hater. That’s probably why you ain’t make it. The young fella is a stomp down defensive player and extremely athletic and got range on his three point shot. He was mediocre his first 3 years because he’s playing on a loading team. Now he’s balling out his Senior Year and showing us true talent. He’s going to be a very good role player in the NBA.
Stop hating and start congratulating some of these young black brothers.
Bronny cannot get on UNC, Duke, UConn, Villanova or Kentucky, but he can get in the NBA? Ok… What were his final 3, Oregon, Ohio State and who? Not really college bball powerhouses there.
Maybe actually look at a player v. look at his name.
The kid is ranked 38th. THIRTY-EIGHT. He is not an NBA player and will need his dad to get him into the league and most likely stay in the league. What was the crappy Ball’s ranking? 40 or so? Where is he again? Needs his brothers for summer camp invite.
But please you were kissing Lebron’s ring, please continue…
For some reason i feel LeBron will ruin Bronny’s career by insisting some team take him in the draft. The kid is not even close to NBA standards. Needs a few years of college.
None of them offered him because they KNOW he isn’t actually a Top 50 player by a stretch…If his name is anything else he’s a 3* player I mean how can anybody consider a guy an NBA level talent who isnt even the best player on his High School team nor the 2nd best player!! Lets be for real
Who are you referring to?? Bronny is the 3rd best player on his HS team don’t know what your talking about and the Blue Bloods of college haven’t offered him…He’s a Top 75-100 recruit that they put another 40-50 spots to high because of his dad nothing more nothing less a slightly better than average player and I wouldnt consider 15ppg BALLIN OUT nor 10-3-3 in the NYBL. People need to be real about him as a prospect he’s a 3* player that they put as a 4* because of his name.
You dont sound bitter at all bud
Rui Hachimura is going to be a great addition for the Los Angeles Lakers. He just needs a change of scenery. He’s going to solid on both ends of the floor.
I don’t think you really watch basketball, or maybe you do, just casually. Rui isn’t that good man, there’s a reason the Wizards didn’t play him and traded him for 3 2nds. He’s a household name more than anything at this point.
Sure he’s decent offensively, but so are so many other fringe type players, and his offense isn’t at a Dame level of offense where it can make up for such a negative on the defensive end.
NBA needs casual viewers too though, so glad they found a solid one in Sankara.
A wing for a short guard. Lakers roster has improved with the addition of hachimura.
Great get for the Lakers.
Lakers fans,
Let’s honor the trade triumph by protecting first round picks
Rui is the 10th pick in the draft. Nunn is worth a 20th pick on this deal?
@sill you are a little bitter man. Lol
Good trade for both sides imo
Nice pick up for the Lakers, they are lacking big bodys on the perimeter. I don’t know how good is Rui defensively, can someone tell me? At least he will be a good body for them and nice offensive skills.
Very, very bad. He’s compared to Carmelo Anthony because he’s a great scorer with a similar body plan, but his defense is also Melo bad.
It isn’t even that he doesn’t try hard, he doesn’t really seem to get what is going on out there on the defensive end.
Still, nice get for the Lakers. Rui is a gifted offensive player.
He just doesn’t seem to have much awareness, especially when he doesn’t have the ball in his hands. It’s not even a low Ball IQ, he’s just… not seeing things. He has the athleticism to contest effectively, it just seems like he doesn’t notice the obvious.
Kinda sounds like Kendrick Nunn. Ha!
He’s solid on defense and can guard Small Forwards and Power Forwards. Nobody never compared the dude to Carmelo Anthony. Stop it!!! He’s a very solid role player and they made a great trade.
I only wanted the Los Angeles Lakers to make one trade and trade one player and that was Kendrick Nunn and get Cam Reddish or Rui Hachimura. They did that!!!
His lifetime Defensive Rating is one of the worst in the league. Opponents have shot better than average against him from every distance until this year. One of his most common Draft Comps was Melo. I am literally rolling my eyes.
Defensive rating is team stat. One shouldn’t use individual ratings to compare players on different teams. It’s even worse to use a career rating for a young player. What about the here and now?
DEPM and the eye test are better indicators of an individual players defense in the current season. Rui rates at +1.0 on DEPM. While not amazing it means he’s a plus defender. I can’t say I’ve watched him play this season so I really can’t rate him otherwise.
Player comps are kind of subjective for draftees but yes I do remember ridiculous comps to Melo and Kawhi. Both extremes and not fair to a kid coming out of college. The more reasonable comps I remember were Antawn Jamison and Paul Millsap
He’s a gifted offensive player and a very poor defender. Common knowledge.
For the next season’s luxury tax teams, I called the role players expiring contract “expiring crap”.
Lakers have salary cap for next season.
Which pair of former teammates would you rather have in your frontcourt for the next 5yrs, Marvin Bagley & Wendell Carter Jr, Rui Hachimura & Brandon Clarke, Precious Achiuwa & James Wiseman, Karl Anthony-Towns & Trey Lyles or Jabari Smith Jr & Walker Kessler? Rank a top3 if possible…
1. KAT/Lyles 2. Jabari/Kessler 3. Rui/Clarke
1 Bagley and Carter
2 Smith and Kessler
3 Towns and Lyles
4 Achiuwa and Wiseman
5 Clarke and Hachimura
1. KAT/Lyles
2. Smith/Kessler
3. Wiseman/Achiuwa
Interesting move.
Everyone talking about Ruis potential and how good he could be but his contract expires end of this season and there is no guarantee he will return next season.
Considering he will be behind AD at PF and coming off the bench with Russ it’ll be interesting to see how it goes. They needed an upgrade, Nunn has been useless and who really cares for second round picks. So I mean overall they have given up next to nothing. Thought the wizards could’ve gotten a much better deal but that’s that franchise I guess.
Overall hope the lakers do well off of it but not going to talk it up like it was the move that’ll make them a playoff side.
LA – B+
Washington – D
Washington I thought would get a 1st for rui. They got close to nothing
Rui Hachimura will come to the Los Angeles Lakers with chemistry already with Russell Westbrook Thomas Bryant and Troy Brown Jr because he played with them on the Washington Wizards.
Yeah, you already said that under your Sankara account.
Who are you expressing confidence in the West in ?
Get to 6 , anything’s possible , they can chop that deficit in half to a game in 30 hrs
Get to 6, Lakers in 12th. Although it’s close in the standings I think if you offered them 6th they’d be delighted.
Overall I see the west being
Nuggets, Pelicans and Grizzlies as the top 3, behind them Suns Clippers Mavs and GSW will make a late push. That’s 7, and I think the kings will take that 8th spot.
Leaving the TWolves, Lakers, Jazz and Blazers competing for 2 spots in the play in.
Ultimately I think the Lakers get 1 but even then they aren’t assured of making the playoffs ….
Def would be delighted
But again do you incrementally favor any team outside Denver in that group v a healthy lakers team in a 7 gamer ?
I’m not saying they are favorites but I surely wouldn’t have them lost in that sea of mediocrity. I’m not pumping up the lakers here it’s more an indictment on the West
Healthy lakers team in 7 I still have Nuggets, Memphis, Suns, GSW and clippers all better sides. But health ain’t assured and form is also another factor. Just as I could see the lakers beating the Mavs in 7 I could see the kings beating the lakers in the play in. So yeah it’s still up in the air I just don’t think this deal moves the needle enough for them to be taken that serious
Could nobody beat this offer?
Charlotte has a ton of second round picks for trade
Maybe this is the Wizards way to say “thanks” for the RW deal.
Solid trade for the Lakers since Kendrick hasn’t given them anything. Washington adds some 2nd round picks. They draft horribly so they need to change that.
Kendrick loves the L.A. lifestyle and all that comes with being a Laker. He is gonna need to have Kuzma talk him through the adjustment. Kuzma never wanted to leave, but ultimately adjusted.
Clap. Clap. Clap.
At this price, LAL likely views it as a deal that works as a rental, whereby they keep next year’s cap space. Anything beyond that is a bonus.
This is not a rental.
My evaluation formula
3 Lakers 2nd round picks is value at $12 millions
I guess this means Kuzma is likely not moving before the deadline.
I agree, at this price it’s a great rental deal for 2022, with the potential to be longer if they like what they see/strike out in FA.
DXC, agreed. Lakers want to keep cap room for next season yet don’t want to just burn this year. If they can get an expiring guy who’s an improvement they’ll do it.
Three second round picks is not cheap here as it empties the stash available for another trade a little bit?
He’s a RFA and Lakers claim they plan to keep him beyond this year. So if they offer him a qualifying offer, its a $18mm cap hold and dips into that cap space significantly.
Digs in 18 mm only until he signs (or they withdraw) the Q/O, then it digs in only 8 mm (or zero). It’s navigable enough that they can shop UFAs reserving only 8 mm or whatever higher amount they might be willing to pay him.
Good
Wiz needed more short armed guards
The Lakers continue depleting their draft assets to get people who won’t move the needle. It’d have been better to use one or even both these first rounders on a really impactful player.
So many Wizards go to the Lakers
Perhaps the Lakers made this deal with the hopes Detroit would take him instead of a future first for Bojan..
I like the trade for both sides. But I feel the Wizards could have got more. More playing time for Deni?
Rui coming out looked like a future starter to me. Then he sat in Wash. Pandemic hit, he went thru some issues. That I still don’t know enough about. I think he can be similar to Tobias. I hope he’s right. It’s a good pickup by Lakers. Bron should help Rui get going.
Rui started playing ball late in life. Is what his story is. So he’s still getting better.
Judging by the amount of people who seem to think Rui Hachimura is actually good or even an NBA worthy player, the casual viewership of the NBA must be at an all times high.
Reminds me of that meme, with Buzz Lightyear and Woody.
“Look…Casuals everywhere, Woody…”
Don’t get me wrong. Casuals are really important, they make up 99% of fans and viewership and thus are important fillers. Like the worker Bees, the 9 to 5ers. The cashiers. The maids. The ditch diggers.
“The world needs ditch diggers too”
Carry on, casuals.
Didn’t think it was possible but this guy is more full of B.S. than Sankara.
Who’s your top 3 casuals on hoopsrumors? Rank if possible….
So your into memes , that’s cute
Championship!
Before y’all freak out that I’m hating, I’m simply recalling that fantasy draft commercial where the guy drafts T.J. Howeveryouspellit, then a member of the Cincinnati Bengals, and called Championship. Probably before half of you were born…
T. J. Houshmandzadeh?
That’s him.
Excellent pickup for the Lakers. Rui has shown a lot of talent for his national team and has been stuck with inconsistent roles, bad coaches and worse front office guys in Washington. With better players and and a better organization in LA, he will show what he can do.
Nunn and three 2nd-round picks …… that’s all the WIZARDS can get for Rui?
Is MJ still running this team?
Both father like son. They are not smart enough for college. Free ride though. Lucky. Low bbal IQ and just low IQ
Kuzma trade for Collins would be good now
Washington Albatros