NBA trade deadline sees Irving, Durant bolster West teams
The breakup in Brooklyn is rebuilding some contenders in the West.
The Bulls stood still, echoing the front office's faith in the ability of Zach LaVine, DeMar DeRozan and Nikola Vucevic to get the job done.The Lakers added another big man later Thursday when they acquired Mo Bamba from the Orlando Magic for Patrick Beverley, a second-round pick and cash considerations, according to a person with knowledge of those negotiations.
Those two, plus Chris Paul and Deandre Ayton, could make this Phoenix team more powerful than the one that won an NBA-best 64 games in the 2021-22 season, but then flamed out with a second-round loss to Dallas. Then it was Durant, who had gone to Brooklyn with Irving in 2019.A day after LeBron James broke the NBA's career scoring record, the Lakers moved to get him more help by acquiring Russell -- who began his career with the franchise -- from Minnesota, and guard Malik Beasley and forward Jarred Vanderbilt from the Jazz. The deal sent Westbrook to Utah after the 2017 NBA MVP never thrived alongside James and Anthony Davis.
Poeltl was one of the most-wanted centers on the market in this trade season. He's averaged 12.1 points and a team-high 9.0 rebounds for the Spurs, who acquired Poeltl from the Raptors as part of the Kawhi Leonard-DeMar DeRozan trade in 2018.
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