Lakers Proposed Trade Adds ‘Deadeye’ $45 Million Guard in 3-for-1 Swap
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By Sean Deveney
Updated Jun 13, 2024 at 12:26pm
Lakers potential trade target Malcolm Brogdon (middle)
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Lakers potential trade target Malcolm Brogdon (middle)
The Lakers are still licking their wounds from the humbling Dan Hurley coaching experience, of course, and moving on toward finding someone else to run the team, but the key speculation around the team remains what, exactly, will happen with the roster this NBA summer. And amid a long list of speculative trades, there is a modest one that would see the Lakers bring in a capable veteran point guard at a decent price.
The point guard: 2023 Sixth Man of the Year winner Malcolm Brogdon.
Brogdon is a talented and experienced point man, the kind of player the Lakers hoped they were getting last year when they signed Gabe Vincent to a three-year deal. Vincent injured his knee, though, and played just 11 regular-season games before struggling badly (1.4 points, 25.0% shooting) in five postseason appearances.
Brogdon is a better player than Vincent, no doubt, but has a higher price tag—and is more of an injury risk, to boot.
Malcolm Brogdon Trade Could Come Cheap
To get Brogdon to the Lakers might not take much. He is in the final year of a two-year, $45 million contract extension he’d gotten from the Pacers before he was traded to the Celtics in 2022. Boston shipped him to Portland as part of the Jrue Holiday trade last summer.
In the L.A. Times, Lakers beat writer Dan Woike floated Brogdon as a potential trade candidate, writing, “With Brogdon, you’re taking on some injury risk for a player who has affected games on both ends of the court in the past. Maybe his expiring deal with the Portland Trail Blazers lowers the price tag below a first-round pick.
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