The Wizards have traded forward Rui Hachimura to the Lakers in exchange for Kendrick Nunn, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and The Athletic’s Shams Charania. As part of the deal, Washington also will get a 2023 second-round draft pick via the Bulls, a ’29 second-round pick from the Lakers and the less favorable of either the Wizards’ or Lakers’ second-round picks in ’28.
Hachimura, 24, was the No. 9 pick in the 2019 NBA draft and seemed to be unhappy in Washington. During a media availability on Saturday, Hachimura was directly asked if he had requested a trade ahead of the deadline, and he simply responded with “no comment.”
