Lakers Lose Prime Trade Target to Rival Clippers

After enjoying, unquestionably, the best trade deadline week in the entire league, some luck had to break badly for the Los Angeles Lakers.

The team has now seen one of its top potential backcourt targets, Atlanta Hawks guard Bogdan Bogdanovic, get offloaded to crosstown rival the L.A. Clippers.

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Shams Charania of ESPN reports that the Clippers are ditching Bodganovic in exchange for defense-first guard Terance Mann and little-used combo guard Bones Hyland. L.A. also will add three second round draft picks.

The Los Angeles Clippers are trading Terance Mann and Bones Hyland to the Atlanta Hawks for Bogdan Bogdanovic and three second-round picks, sources tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/jffPjDYiVm
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 6, 2025

Per Law Murray of The Athletic, the Hawks will now add the Minnesota Timberwolves' 2025 second round pick, the Clippers' 2027 second rounder, and a protected 2026 Grizzlies second.

Can confirm that Terance Mann and Bones Hyland are Hawks (espn first)

Bogdan Bogdanovic is a Clipper

Clippers RECEIVING:

- 2025 Minnesota 2nd
- 2027 Clippers (!) 2nd
- 2026 protected Grizzlies 2nd
— Law Murray 🔄 (@LawMurrayTheNU) February 6, 2025

Bogdanovic could be the exact kind of energy-shifting, microwave scorer the Clippers need. If his scoring can round into form, the 32-year-old pro will serve as a supplemental playmaker behind starting guards James Harden and Norman Powell, plus former six-time All-Star small forward Kawhi Leonard.

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He would have been ideal in that capacity for the Lakers, too, since L.A. offloaded former reserve point guard D'Angelo Russell to the Brooklyn Nets in the deal that sent 3-and-D shooting guard Dorian Finney-Smith and deep-bench wing Shake Milton.

The 6-foot-5 vet, who has twice finished among the top six in Sixth Man of the Year voting, had been averaging a career-low 10.0 points on .371/.301/.882 shooting splits, plus 2.8 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 0.8 steals a night for the Hawks this year.

Still, losing Terance Mann could prove to be a big two-way loss for the Clippers. The 6-foot-5 Florida State product is averaging a modest 6.0 points on .446/.347/.719 shooting splits, 2.9 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 0.8 steals a night — but he could carve out a bigger role in Atlanta.

Ditching Bogdanovic was one of three deadline day moves made by Atlanta to duck the league's punitive luxury tax. The Hawks also shipped out reserve forward De’Andre Hunter and unused center Cody Zeller, who's been away from the team all year.

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