The Los Angeles Lakers made a trade over the weekend to acquire forward Dorian Finney-Smith and guard Shake Milton from the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for D’Angelo Russell, Maxwell Lewis and three second-round picks.
Russell and Finney-Smith are the big names in the trade, and the Lakers are always going to keep tabs more on the picks they trade away, making Lewis the natural forgotten part of the deal. Lewis, the 40th pick from the Lakers in the 2023 NBA Draft, is only 22 years old, though, and has some intriguing tools.
The Nets are certainly not forgetting about Lewis, as he’ll have much more of an opportunity to develop on a team that is actively rebuilding.