Charlotte Hornets

Charlotte Hornets Receive: F Kyle Kuzma, C Montrezl Harrell, LAL 2023 2nd Round Pick, LAL 2024 2nd Round Pick, LAL 2025 1st Round Pick (Top-8 Protected)

Los Angeles Lakers Receive: G Terry Rozier, F P.J. Washington

This is an interesting trade scenario for the Lakers because they have not shown a ton of interest in pursuing another backcourt option like Rozier from the Hornets. With Dennis Schroder set to become a free agent at the end of the year though, going after Terry Rozier, who will be entering the final year of his contract definitely makes sense. 

Terry Rozier is a much better offensive talent than Dennis Schroder and with his ability to play off-the-ball, he could absolutely be a high-level scoring option for the Los Angeles Lakers. As could young forward P.J. Washington, who is in his second season in the league. 

Giving up both Rozier and Washington seems foolish for the Hornets to do, especially given all of the success they have found this season, but they have long been pursuing Montrezl Harrell and Kyle Kuzma could definitely fill the void Washington leaves behind at the power-forward position. 

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Adding these two guys to their frontcourt, along with a handful of draft compensation could definitely be beneficial to the Hornets. With LaMelo Ball being a young star that he is, as well as the Hornets likely to bring back Devonte’ Graham, they can get away with trading away Terry Rozier as long as they are upgrading their frontcourt. 

The Hornets would be doing just that in this trade scenario, which is why they could absolutely entertain the idea of this. The only question in this deal though is if Montrezl Harrell would opt into his contract for next season in order to go play in Charlotte.