OKLAHOMA CITY >> As most players anxiously thumbed through their phone using the plane’s Wi-Fi connection, the Lakers alerted them they made a trade to the Houston Rockets.
“Everyone was looking at me,” Lakers guard Nick Young said. “I thought I was gone.”
For the third consecutive season, though, Young remained on the Lakers past the trade deadline. Instead, the Lakers traded 33-year-old point guard Marcelo Huertas to the Rockets for 22-year-old point guard Tyler Ennis.
“That was tough. That’s one of my best friends off the court,” Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell said. “On the court, I learned so much from him.