Rui Hachimura

The Los Angeles Lakers are acquiring former lottery pick Rui Hachimura from the Washington Wizards in exchange for Kendrick Nunn and a package of ...

Hachimura equaled a career high with 30 points for the Wizards on Saturday in his final game before the deal. Hachimura will be reuniting with penetrating guard Russell Westbrook, his teammate in Washington during the 2020-21 season. Hachimura is hitting 34% of his 3-point shots this season after hitting 44.7% last season, but he excels in the catch-and-shoot situations that are often created for James' teammates by his penetration and playmaking. Washington is 20-26 after signing star guard Bradley Beal to a big contract in the offseason, and the Wizards were 1 1/2 games behind the final play-in spot heading into Monday's games. ... I just want to be somewhere that believes in me and I can be myself. At 22-25, they’re in 12th place in the Western Conference, but entered Monday just two games behind the Los Angeles Clippers for the No.

The Lakers are sending three second-round picks and guard Kendrick Nunn to the Wizards for forward Rui Hachimura, sources told ESPN.

... I just want to be somewhere that believes in me and I can be myself. Nunn, in his fourth NBA season, has played in 39 games this year after missing all of last season due to a knee injury. The Lakers believe that Hachimura gives them another sizable wing defender who has shown an ability to make corner 3-pointers and midrange shots when teams run the Lakers off the 3-point line. "I just want to be somewhere that wants me as a basketball player,'' Hachimura told reporters last week. "And I want to be somewhere that likes my game. "Adding both size and depth to the wing position has been a goal, and the chance to accomplish that by acquiring a player with Rui's two-way skills and upside was an opportunity that doesn't present itself often," Lakers vice president of basketball operations and GM Rob Pelinka said in a statement.

Trade speculation has swirled around Rui Hachimura for weeks. Finally, the former top-10 pick has a new home after the Lakers picked him up in exchange for ...

Wesbtrook even imparted lessons on Hachimura that he could use in the middle of games. Hachimura should benefit from the attention that Westbrook still gets on drives and be able to finish at the basket for easy layups. He was having a renaissance season, in line to be the potential Defensive Player of the Year before injuring his foot on Dec. Davis is one of the best players in the league at cleaning up those types of mistakes. This season, he's hit 74 percent of his shots in the rim, a top-10 mark for forwards in the league. LeBron will get Hachimura the highest-quality looks that he has ever had in his career. While he has great size and length at 6'8" with a 7'2" wingspan, he isn't particularly good at protecting the rim and can get lost off the ball. Hachimura is an elite midrange shooter that can create his own offense, solving that issue for the Lakers. But when LeBron sits, their offensive rating has dropped to 109.6, which would be the lowest number in the league. Hachimura wasn't getting a ton of those open looks with the Wizards. LeBron is elite at getting out in transition and hitting players cutting to the rim for layups. The Lakers are obviously in desperate need of shooting help.

As expected, NBA Twitter reacted to the news, with some tweets directed at LeGM, aka… LeBron James. Rui Hachimura is headed to ...

It's hard to judge young players in losing situations with star teammates who don't elevate anyone. 8 tweets!! the hachimura ain’t worth no 8 woj tweets. and Thomas Bryant — off the bench. One of the reasons the Lakers traded for Russell Westbrook was the season he had in Washington. [January 23, 2023]

(AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers are acquiring former lottery pick Rui Hachimura from the Washington Wizards in exchange for Kendrick Nunn and a package of ...

The Lakers are finally making roster moves. Los Angeles is finalising a trade that will send guard Kendrick Nunn and three second-round picks to the Wizards ...

I know what I can do, and I can help the team to win. I’ve just got to play the games and just to be myself … Wizards head coach Wes Unseld said the 24-year-old Hachimura missed Monday’s practice due to personal reasons. I just got to play my game. Nunn, who will join the Wizards, is in his fourth NBA season and has taken to the court 39 times this year for the Lakers having missed the entirety of last season with a knee injury. “I know all the stuff going on right now.

The Lakers made the first notable move ahead of the Feb. 9 trade deadline on Monday.

So has [Bojan Bogdanovic](/nba/players/1831131/bojan-bogdanovic/). [Kyle Kuzma](/nba/players/2842826/kyle-kuzma/) has been discussed as a possibility. The Lakers have thus far solved that problem with the extremely undersized [Patrick Beverley](/nba/players/1685200/patrick-beverley/). If the Wizards can't create an internal support system for them soon, any facade of competitiveness this team hoped to maintain will fade quickly, and when it does, developing the young players they draft at the top of the lottery is going to be their only way of escaping the bottom of the standings. [Troy Brown Jr.](/nba/players/2938055/troy-brown-jr/), a 6-foot-6 wing who started his career as a guard, has played nearly half of his minutes at power forward. [LeBron James](/nba/players/400553/lebron-james/) and [Anthony Davis](/nba/players/1992786/anthony-davis/) have both missed a meaningful amount of time, and both were essential in defending opposing forwards. [based on listed heights](https://en.hispanosnba.com/teams/comparison), the shortest team in the [NBA](/nba/) this season. The Lakers need a great trade to get into the championship picture. Hachimura is averaging 13.0 points and 4.3 rebounds on 33.7 percent 3-point shooting this season and matched a season-high with 30 points against the [Magic](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/ORL/orlando-magic/) on Saturday. Last season, they found [Stanley Johnson](/nba/players/2152248/stanley-johnson/) on the scrap heap and got meaningful production. "I just want to be somewhere that wants me as a basketball player, and I want to be somewhere that likes my game," he Lately, standout role players [Austin Reaves](/nba/players/2268681/austin-reaves/) and [Lonnie Walker IV](/nba/players/2938054/lonnie-walker-iv/), who have also defended wings, have been out due to injury.

Los Angeles is sending Kendrick Nunn and 3 second-round picks to Washington in exchange for Hachimura.

We want to thank Kendrick Nunn and his family for his time as a Laker, and we wish him nothing but the best in the future.” He has averaged 6.7 points in 39 games this season, 37 of them in a reserve role. “We are excited to welcome Rui and his family to the Los Angeles Lakers,” said Rob Pelinka, vice president of basketball operations and general manager for the Lakers.

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The Japanese forward and Tokyo 2020 Olympian is dealt from the Washington Wizards to LeBron James & Co. ahead of the trade deadline in his fourth NBA ...

They currently are 12th in the Western Conference, one game out of the play-in tournament. He was picked ninth overall in the 2019 draft out of Gonzaga University. ahead of the trade deadline in his fourth NBA season.

The Los Angeles Lakers acquired former lottery pick Rui Hachimura from the Washington Wizards on Monday in exchange for Kendrick Nunn and a package of ...

Hachimura equaled a career high with 30 points for the Wizards on Saturday in his final game before the deal. Hachimura will be reuniting with penetrating guard Russell Westbrook, his teammate in Washington during the 2020-21 season. Hachimura is hitting 34% of his 3-point shots this season after hitting 44.7% last season, but he excels in the catch-and-shoot situations that are often created for James' teammates by his penetration and playmaking. Washington is 20-26 after signing star guard Bradley Beal to a big contract in the offseason, and the Wizards were 1 1/2 games behind the final play-in spot heading into Monday's games. ... I just want to be somewhere that believes in me and I can be myself. At 22-25, they’re in 12th place in the Western Conference, but entered Monday just two games behind the Los Angeles Clippers for the No.

Some NBA franchises prefer to comfort the anxiety of their fan bases with rebuilding plans. They'll tank games and hoard high draft picks, as the Philadelphia ...

[signed Beal to the super-duper max](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/06/30/bradley-beal-wizards-free-agency/?itid=lk_inline_manual_28) — with a no-trade clause, mind you — and surrounded him with Kristaps Porzingis and Kyle Kuzma. Instead of committing to a full rebuild, they’ll give Beal the keys to the kingdom but provide him little assistance outside of his best two teammates. The Wizards are making their stalemate seem more stimulating, at least, but in the end, they’re doing what they always do: nothing. [Jason Murray](https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/jason-murray/?itid=lk_inline_manual_30) or than anyone who is still paying to watch this team play. For now, however, he has scored 11 more points in the NBA than Washington Post NBA editor [Wizards’ Kristaps Porzingis is week-to-week with an ankle sprain Image without a caption By Ava Wallace](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/01/23/kristaps-porzingis-ankle-injury/?itid=lk_interstitial_manual_29) As a rookie, Hachimura was expected to play alongside the team’s alpha, Bradley Beal. Still, he was expected to be more than the Wizards’ Japanese ambassador; he was supposed to plug into the rotation right away. “We were really, really fortunate last night to be able to draft Rui Hachimura,” President and General Manager Tommy Sheppard said at the time. Instead, generations of fans can join in on a near-annual game: “What Are the Wizards Doing?!?” We prefer to spend hours in front of our crazy walls, connecting red strings from the Issuf Sanon draft pick to the Isaiah Thomas era and trying to unearth the truth: Was taking Jan Vesely sixth overall in 2011 just a way to distract us from the government bugging our landlines — or at least from the previous year’s trade that somehow involved Kirk Hinrich and Mike Bibby? With this move, forget rooting for a shot for the play-in.

The Los Angeles Lakers have added Rui Hachimura to their roster after completing a trade for him from the Washington Wizards in exchange for Kendrick Nunn ...

I just want to be somewhere that believes in me and I can be myself. Despite only coming off the bench, Hachimura has been in good form this year, averaging 13.0 points and 4.3 rebounds in 24.3 minutes per game. Having been unable to sign a rookie-deal contract extension, Hachimura would have become a restricted free agent at the end of this “And I want to be somewhere that likes my game … “I just want to be somewhere that wants me as a basketball player,” the 2019 ninth overall draft pick out of Gonzaga told reporters on Saturday. Nunn was in his second season with the Lakers and his fourth in the NBA, but the shooting guard missed the entirety of last year with a knee injury and has only played a reserve role this season, averaging 6.7 points in 39 games.

Johnson said that Hachimura is going to "really help the Lakers on both ends of the court," adding that his length and size will make a difference ...

[The Sporting News' Gilbert McGregor](https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/nba-trade-grades-rui-hachimura-lakers-wizards/wvflxedac9hhe6c7agdjntao) gave the Lakers a B grade for the trade. LeBron will get Hachimura the highest-quality looks that he has ever had in his career. [TSN's Steph Noh](https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/rui-hachimura-lakers-fit-lebron-james-anthony-davis/al4h5fjaftodmkpxux0ycgmo) took a closer look at how Hachimura fits specifically with LeBron James. Hachimura wasn't getting a ton of those open looks with the Wizards. He’s averaging 13 points and his length and size will help us on the defensive end!— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) Hachimura appeared in 30 games with the Wizards this season, posting averages of 13.0 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 0.4 steals on 48.8 percent shooting from the field.

The Los Angeles Lakers have acquired former lottery pick Rui Hachimura from the Washington Wizards in exchange for Kendrick Nunn and a package of ...

Hachimura equaled a career high with 30 points for the Wizards on Saturday in his final game before the deal. Hachimura will be reuniting with penetrating guard Russell Westbrook, his teammate in Washington during the 2020-21 season. Hachimura is hitting 34% of his 3-point shots this season after hitting 44.7% last season, but he excels in the catch-and-shoot situations that are often created for James’ teammates by his penetration and playmaking. Washington is 20-26 after signing star guard Bradley Beal to a big contract in the offseason, and the Wizards were 1 1/2 games behind the final play-in spot heading into Monday’s games. “Kendrick has shown the ability to be a solid perimeter threat who can provide instant offense as a reserve,” Wizards President Tommy Sheppard said. At 22-25, they’re in 12th place in the Western Conference, but entered Monday just two games behind the Los Angeles Clippers for the No.

The Lakers made the first notable move ahead of the Feb. 9 trade deadline on Monday.

So has [Bojan Bogdanovic](/nba/players/1831131/bojan-bogdanovic/). [Kyle Kuzma](/nba/players/2842826/kyle-kuzma/) has been discussed as a possibility. The Lakers have thus far solved that problem with the extremely undersized [Patrick Beverley](/nba/players/1685200/patrick-beverley/). If the Wizards can't create an internal support system for them soon, any facade of competitiveness this team hoped to maintain will fade quickly, and when it does, developing the young players they draft at the top of the lottery is going to be their only way of escaping the bottom of the standings. [LeBron James](/nba/players/400553/lebron-james/) and [Anthony Davis](/nba/players/1992786/anthony-davis/) have both missed a meaningful amount of time, and both were essential in defending opposing forwards. [Troy Brown Jr.](/nba/players/2938055/troy-brown-jr/), a 6-foot-6 wing who started his career as a guard, has played nearly half of his minutes at power forward. [based on listed heights](https://en.hispanosnba.com/teams/comparison), the shortest team in the [NBA](/nba/) this season. The Lakers need a great trade to get into the championship picture. Hachimura is averaging 13.0 points and 4.3 rebounds this season and matched a season-high with 30 points against the [Magic](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/ORL/orlando-magic/) over the weekend. Last season, they found [Stanley Johnson](/nba/players/2152248/stanley-johnson/) on the scrap heap and got meaningful production. "I just want to be somewhere that wants me as a basketball player, and I want to be somewhere that likes my game," he Lately, standout role players [Austin Reaves](/nba/players/2268681/austin-reaves/) and [Lonnie Walker IV](/nba/players/2938054/lonnie-walker-iv/), who have also defended wings, have been out due to injury.

The No. 9 pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, Hachimura spent the first three and a half seasons of his career in Washington. He heads to Los Angeles with career ...

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