Lakers Trade Explanation

For the Lakers, Grant's shooting and multipositional defense are an easy fit on both ends of the floor. He'd pull defenders away from the LeBron-Anthony Davis pick-and-rolls in the middle of the floor, and he'd spare LeBron the trouble of having to defend some of the game's tougher forwards.

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Los Angeles Lakers Potential Rotation

PG Gabe Vincent/ Bronny James/ Jalen Hood-Schifino

SG Austin Reaves/ Max Christie/ Dalton Knecht

SF LeBron James/ Cam Reddish/ Maxwell Lewis/ Blake Hinson

PF Jerami Grant/ Rui Hachimura

C Anthony Davis/ Jaxson Hayes/ Christian Wood/ Colin Castleton