After years of D’Angelo Russell trade speculation, the Lakers are finally moving the point guard, agreeing to send him to the Brooklyn Nets for Dorian Finney-Smith, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported. It’s the second time in his career Russell has been traded from the Lakers to the Nets.

Luka Doncic and Dorian Finney-Smith long had hoped to be teammates again, as they were in Dallas from 2018 to 2023, when Finney-Smith was dealt to Brooklyn in the Kyrie Irving blockbuster. Finney-Smith frequently was the subject of trade rumors and Doncic publicly lobbied for his return to Dallas,

In the aftermath of the Los Angeles Lakers’ trade for superstar Luka Doncic, one of the headlines coming out of Dallas is that the Mavericks reportedly were not thrilled with Doncic’s conditioning. Following the trade,