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Report | Charlotte Listed As Possible Landing Spot for Lakers D’Angelo Russell

The Lakers and Hawks are reportedly looking for a 3rd team to take Russell’s contract

The Charlotte Hornets are reportedly active in the trade market. With the Rozier trade being the first step of a retool opening up $45 million in CAP space, Charlotte appear likely to use some of that space to take on bad salary in return of future draft picks.

Johan Buva who covers the Lakers and Clippers for The Athletic recently appeared on Mike Scotto’s Hoopshype podcast to discuss the LA Lakers trade interest in Dejounte Murray. On the podcast he listed Charlotte as a possible facilitating trade partner for a deal involving the Hawks and Lakers.

Johan Buha – “Right now, you’re highlighting the hurdle, I think, with this trade (Dejounte Murray to LAL) right now with the Lakers needing to find a third team because that’s how it usually goes. If you’re Atlanta, they don’t want to take back D’Angelo, so you need to find a third team and figure out what you can add to sweeten it to get them involved and then send D’Angelo somewhere else.”