The Los Angeles Lakers are reportedly trading guard Sasha Vujacic to New Jersey in a three-way team deal. The deal should be finalized on Wednesday.
According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports, the New Jersey Nets, Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets are in advanced talks on three-way deal sending Terrence Williams to Houston with Sasha Vujacic and a future Houston first round pick going to the Nets. The Lakers will get Net’s forward Joe Smith in return and LA will also send their 2011 first round pick in 2011 to New Jersey.
So, why would the Lakers shutdown the Machine? Money and size.
And, I’m not talking diamonds.
Reason One Why Sasha Goes Bye Bye: All About the Benjamin’s
I’m talking Joe Smith and getting an expensive player off the books in Sasha, who was making $5.4 million in the final year of his contract to sit on the bench.
If the Lakers didn’t do something with him before the trade deadline, they would be completely out of luck next summer. Instead, they shut down the self appointed “machine” and get another b ...
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The Machine Shutdown: Why the LA Lakers Traded Sasha Vujacic to New Jersey
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