The Los Angeles Lakers made two new acquisitions over the weekend in a trade with the Brooklyn Nets. The first was forward Dorian Finney-Smith, a prototypical 3-and-D wing that the Lakers have been on the radar of for quite some time. The more under-the-radar acquisition, though, was guard Shake Milton.
Milton, 28, is in his seventh NBA season and the Lakers represent his sixth team. Milton spent the first five seasons of his career with the Philadelphia 76ers. And now with the Lakers, he becones what is effectively a replacement in the rotation for D’Angelo Russell, although Austin Reaves is now likely to get the bulk of the ball-handling responsibilities.