According to several reports, the Los Angeles Lakers appear to have made a late offseason move
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Wednesday night as they appear to be close to acquiring veteran point guard Patrick Beverley from the Utah Jazz.
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Stanley Johnson and Talen Horton-Tucker would depart for Utah in exchange. The Minnesota
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Timberwolves' return to the playoffs last season was credited in large part to Beverley, who started
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54 games, averaged 9.2 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 4.6 assists while shooting 34.3% from beyond
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the arc. Beverley won't play for the Jazz during his time in Utah because he was part of the five-player,
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five-pick transaction that was traded for Rudy Gobert in July. Beverley would be competing for a backcourt
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spot with Russell Westbrook, with whom he has a difficult past, barring any other Lakers moves.
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Despite having a bigger role in his third season with Los Angeles, Horton-Tucker reached a plateau
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(25.2 mpg vs. 20.1 in 2020-21). Johnson, who was selected by Detroit with the No. 8 overall pick in 2015,
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eventually settled in with the Lakers after a couple 10-day contracts, averaging 6.7 points and 3.2 rebounds in 22.8 minutes.
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