The Lakers pursue Murray to welcome major progress!

On January 23, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued. Earlier today, multiple reporters, including Shams of the Athletic, reported on the progress of the Lakers' trade, which made huge strides in their pursuit of Murray.

According to previous reports, the Lakers and the Hawks have discussed a trade for Dejounte Murray, and the Lakers' chips are Draxle + rookie Schifino + a first-round pick + other draft assets. According to Shams on "Run It Back" today, the Hawks want to find a third-party team to take Russell in order to complete the Murray trade with the Lakers.

"With Russell as the core chip, plus a 2029 first-round pick, and I've heard of a draft pick swap, the Hawks are trying to find a third-party team for Russell," Shams said. ”

So far this season, Russell has averaged 16.3 points, 2.7 rebounds and 6.1 assists in 40 games for the Lakers, while Murray has averaged 21.1 points, 4.9 rebounds, 5 assists and 1.4 steals in 42 games for the Hawks.

In addition to Shams, another journalist, Brett Siegel, also added a report on the matter. He pointed out that Murray and Bruce Brown are two very important targets for Lakers management, and the Lakers have focused all their attention on these two players recently. In contrast to Brown, Murray's name is associated with the Lakers, and Los Angeles is considered by Murray to be the preferred destination.

At the same time, the Lakers continue to show other teams that they have no interest in putting Reaves in any trade, and Reaves is not going anywhere.

In fact, it's no secret that the Lakers are eager to bring in a guard. In addition to Murray, including Bruce Brown, Rozier, and Tyus Jones are all targets for the Lakers. Will the Lakers finally get their way?