2-for-1 trade! Lakers complete the deal! Welcome, sharpshooter!

Here it is, finally some movement.

Insider Shams reports:The Lakers trade Vincent and a second-round pick to the Hawks for Kennard.

It’s worth mentioning that the Hawks also gained a trade exception valued at $11 million.

Vincent, born June 14, 1996, stands 1.88 meters tall, went undrafted in 2018, and signed a three-year $33 million deal with the Lakers in summer 2023. During his time with the purple and gold, he played 112 regular-season games, averaging 5.6 points, 1.1 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 0.7 steals, and 0.1 blocks per game, with shooting percentages of 38.1% from the field, 34.1% from three, and 76.5% from the free-throw line.

As for Kennard, born June 24, 1996, standing 1.96 meters, he was the 12th overall pick in the first round of the 2017 draft,and boasts a career three-point shooting percentage of 44.2%. This season, he has been averaging 20.5 minutes, 7.9 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game, hitting 1.6 three-pointers per game at an impressive league-leading 49.7% shooting rate.

Overall, Kennard is a much stronger perimeter threat than Vincent and can better space the floor for players like Doncic, James, and Reeves.

Currently, the Lakers stand sixth in the Western Conference with a 30-19 record. They rank 23rd in both three-point attempts per game (34.1) and makes (11.9), and 22nd in three-point shooting percentage at 34.9%, placing their shooting in the lower-middle tier league-wide—this explains why they brought in Kennard.

Looking ahead to this summer’s offseason, the Lakers will have roughly $60 million in salary cap space and hold first-round picks in 2026, 2031, and 2032, enabling them to make bigger moves in the trade market, such as acquiring Giannis.

Yes, at least during this season, the Bucks won’t trade Giannis,and starting October 1, both sides will be eligible to agree on a super max extension worth $275 million over four years, averaging nearly $70 million annually.

Giannis and the Bucks have completely toyed with the entire league before this year’s trade deadline, leaving countless teams empty-handed, yet they remain unfazed and focused on gathering even better assets to keep playing the waiting game in the offseason.