The Los Angeles Lakers are suffering this season after losing Anthony Davis for several months, the low level of Russell Westbrook and only trusting what LeBron James can do. Now the team made its first move in the transfer market to give depth and improve the level of the team.
Rui Hachimura is the first reinforcement of Los Angeles this season, who arrives from the Washington Wizards for Kendrick Nunn. Additionally, the Lakers awarded three second-round picks for Hachimura.
The Washington Wizards power forward is averaging 13 points per game, 4.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. The 24-year-old Japanese He is in his fourth season in the NBA. The journalist Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the idea of the Los Angeles Lakers is to sign an extension with Hachimura at the end of the season in which he will become a restricted free agent.
The Lakers traded for Hachimura with the intention of signing him to an extension this summer, sources tell ESPN. Hachimura can be a restricted free agent. https://t.co/TAdM1h8iAH
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 23, 2023
The Los Angeles Lakers survived a second period finished 45-13 this Sunday and came back from 25 points behind at halftime to win 121-112 at home against the Portland Trail Blazers, with 37 points and eleven rebounds from LeBron James.
6-for-21 shooting from the field and 0-for-7 3-pointers in the second quarter sent the Lakers deep into the locker room in Portland, but his reaction was forceful after the break, with LeBron as the absolute leader supported by Thomas Bryant, with a double double of 31 points, fourteen rebounds and twelve of fifteen shooting.
Darvin Ham’s team sealed a 40-20 lead in the third quarter, with 16 points from ‘King James’ that opened the way to a victory signed with a 35-21 in the fourth segment.
The Los Angeles team has two consecutive victories and reached a record of 22 wins and 25 losses and is 2 games away from the play-in so they will have to straighten the course in the second half of the season if they want to qualify for the playoffs after being left out last season.
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