![]() ![]() Meanwhile, Turner signed a two-year, $58 million extension with the Pacers in January as part of a renegotiation-and-extend. He’s averaging 17.5 points this season while shooting 42.5% from beyond the arc. Hield signed a four-year, $94 million deal with the Sacramento Kings in October 2019. ![]() “It is not universally believed internally that a trade for Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner and sharpshooter Buddy Hield would move the needle to title contention, sources say,” Haynes reported. It Was Not Universally Believed Myles Turner & Buddy Hield Moved the Needle to Title ContentionĬhris Haynes of Bleacher Report reported on November 10 that it was not “universally believed internally” within the Lakers organization that a trade for Turner and Hield moved the needle to title contention. Los Angeles acquired Malik Beasley and Jarred Vanderbilt from the Jazz and D’Angelo Russell from the Timberwolves. The Lakers wound up trading Westbrook to the Utah Jazz at the trade deadline in a three-team deal involving the Minnesota Timberwolves. According to an October 3 report from Jovan Buha, Sam Amick and Shams Charania of The Athletic, Los Angeles almost sent Westbrook and unprotected first-round picks in 20 to Indiana for Turner and Hield in October before general manager Rob Pelinka determined that giving up two future draft picks was too steep of a price to pay. The Lakers and Pacers discussed a Westbrook-Hield-Turner trade several times. found some lasers, but it could have done better on that front, too.” Hield might be the best shooter in the league not named Stephen Curry L.A. “Turner’s combination of shot-blocking and three-point shooting packs a heavier two-way punch than anything the Lakers landed at the deadline. “Remember the oft-discussed deal-that-wasn’t between the Lakers and Indiana Pacers last summer? The one that would have sent Westbrook and the two first-round picks to Indy for Myles Turner and Buddy Hield? Are we sure the Lakers were wise for waiting to do these deals instead? Sure, they only had to give up one first (and even managed to put top-four protection on it-the best move of L.A.’s trade season), but the lower trade cost also meant a lesser trade return,” Buckley wrote. In a February 23 column called “Decisions the Lakers Should Already Regret from the Trade Deadline,” Bleacher Report’s Zach Buckley wrote that the Lakers should regret not trading Westbrook to the Indiana Pacers for Buddy Hield and Myles Turner. The Los Angeles Lakers have been called out for not trading Russell Westbrook for a $94 million guard and an $80 million center.
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