Rob Pelinka and the Los Angeles Lakers were busy at the trade deadline, adding five new players in the last 48 hours to reshape the roster amid a push to make the playoffs.
The biggest headline is Russell Westbrook is out of Los Angeles after a tumultuous tenure as a Laker, and analysts have praised the three-team deal involving Westbrook that landed LA a trio of key rotation players, including former All-Star D’Angelo Russell.
The Lakers also traded away big man Thomas Bryant to the Nuggets on deadline day, but in a separate deal landed Orlando’s Mo Bamba.
