Nets Trade Idea Sends Top Targets to Lakers

The Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers could be trade partners once again.

Mar 31, 2024; Brooklyn, New York, USA; Los Angeles Lakers guard D'Angelo Russell (1) shoots during the second half against the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images / Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images

The Brooklyn Nets will be a team to watch for as the NBA trade season heats up.

In a mock trade idea from Bleacher Report writer Greg Swartz, the Nets would send Dennis Schroder and Dorian Finney-Smith to the Los Angeles Lakers for point guard D'Angelo Russell, shooting guard Jalen Hood-Schifino, small forward Cam Reddish, big man Christian Wood, and a 2029 first-round pick (top-5 protected).

"Finney-Smith is averaging 10.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and connecting on 42.2 percent of his threes for the Nets this season while playing his usual stellar defense. He'd be a candidate to start in L.A. in a frontline with LeBron James and Anthony Davis," Swartz writes. "Schröder should be familiar with the Lakers after playing for them in 2020-21 and 2022-23, and he would give the team another veteran ball-handler who can take playmaking pressure off of James. The rebuilding Nets collect a lightly protected future first-round pick, can try to rehab Russell's value and pick up 21-year-old Hood-Schifino, the No. 17 overall pick in 2023."

The Nets can get a lot of value for Schroder and Finney-Smith, and this deal certainly nets them a decent return package, but the team might be looking to make several trades for their veterans in order to get even more out of a deal rather than one big blockbuster.

The Nets are back in action tomorrow on the road against the Memphis Grizzlies.

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