In his second move as the Lakers’ president of basketball operations, Magic Johnson traded Marcelo Huertas to the Houston Rockets for Tyler Ennis. While the move was primarily a salary dump for the Rockets to free up salary cap space for the post-deadline buyout market, the move also gives the Lakers a chance to give a former first round pick some run time.
Ennis was taken with the No. 18 pick in the 2014 draft by the Phoenix Suns. The Lakers will be his fourth team in three years and he has not been given to the opportunity see the court very much.