Los Angeles Lakers Reportedly Interested In Trading For NBA Champion

According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, the Los Angeles Lakers have an interest in Bruce Brown Jr. (Toronto Raptors).

On Friday evening, the Los Angeles Lakers will host the Brooklyn Nets in California. 

Before the game, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski spoke on NBA Countdown and reported that the Lakers are a team with an interest in Bruce Brown Jr.   

The 2023 NBA Champion was recently traded from the Indiana Pacers to the Toronto Raptors. 

Via Wojnarowski: "From the time the Lakers lost to Denver, got eliminated in the Conference Finals last year, there's been one player they've really been focused on trying to acquire; Bruce Brown Jr. He was on that Denver team that eliminated them, Denver couldn't afford to keep him. And in free agency, if Indiana had not stepped up with a two-year, $45 million deal, there's a very good chance Bruce Brown would have gone to the Lakers for their mid-level exception. He took that bigger deal from Indiana. The Lakers continued to try to trade for him with the Pacers. Now he's in Toronto as part of the Siakam deal, and there's been no shortage of teams reaching out to Toronto to try to get a Bruce Brown. He fits everywhere. And the Lakers are among them."

Brown is in his sixth season in the NBA and is averaging 12.1 points, 4.7 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.1 steals per contest while shooting 48.1% from the field and 32.7% from the three-point range in 34 games.

Welcome to the team, Bruce pic.twitter.com/H6u9hTsDSJ

— Toronto Raptors (@Raptors) January 18, 2024

As for the Lakers, they are the tenth seed in the Western Conference with a 21-21 record in their first 42 games. 

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