- Point guard will bring intensity and defense to Los Angeles
- Utah Jazz acquire Talen Horton-Tucker and Stanley Johnson
The Los Angeles Lakers are set to complete a trade for former Clippers point guard Patrick Beverley, according to ESPN. On Thursday morning, Beverley appeared to confirm the news. “Woke up a Laker!!!” he wrote on Twitter.
The Lakers are understood to be sending Talen Horton-Tucker and forward Stanley Johnson to the Utah Jazz in exchange for Beverley. Utah acquired Beverley from the Minnesota Timberwolves as part of the Rudy Gobert trade this offseason.