Lakers are In Advanvce talk to sign $90 Million 3&D Wing after Missing out on Dejounte Murray
After the Los Angeles Lakers missed out on Dejounte Murray sweepstakes, 3-and-D wing De’Andre Hunter is the next Atlanta Hawks player generating trade buzz.
ESPN’s Tim MacMahon wondered on the September 9 episode of “The Hoop Collective” podcast if it’s worth a try for the Lakers to re-engage the Hawks in trade talks, this time for Hunter, with the same D’Angelo Russell-centered package that failed to land them Murray at the February trade deadline.
Hunter has three years left on his four-year, $90 million deal.
“The Hawks have been looking to unload De’Andre Hunter who is owed about 22 [million] this year, 23 [million] next year and 25 [million] the year after,” MacMahon said. “That’s not a great contract. Is it worth a team like the Lakers taking on that contract?”
The 6-foot-8 Hunter averaged 15.6 points and shot 38.5% from the 3-point range, both career highs, last season. But Jalen Johnson’s emergence has the Hawks shifting their priorities, making Hunter expendable