By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
The Los Angeles Lakers are in advanced talks on a trade to acquire Utah Jazz guard Patrick Beverley for Talen Horton-Tucker and Stanley Johnson, per ESPN.
According to the same report, the deal could be finalized as soon as Thursday with no other assets involved.
Beverley, 34, who ended up in Utah as part of the Gobert to the Timberwolves deal, will ultimately not play for the Jazz.
After spending three and a half seasons in Europe playing in the second division in Ukraine, then in Greece with Olympiacos and in Russia with Spartak St. Petersburg Beverley joined in January 2013 the Houston Rockets.
In June 2017, he was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers traded him to the Memphis Grizzlies in 2021, and then to the Minnesota Timberwolves nine days later.
Known as a hard nosed defender, he was once a member of the All-defensive team. His grit and his style of play made him a fan favourite in all the teams he played.