Lakers Trade Vladimir Radmanovic

In a move that is essentially a salary dump, the Lakers have just trade forward Vladimir Radmanovic to the Charlotte Bobcats in exchange for Adam Morrison and Shannon Brown. Here is the official press release from Lakers.com:

"The Los Angeles Lakers have acquired forward Adam Morrison and guard Shannon Brown from the Charlotte Bobcats in exchange for Vladimir Radmanovic, it was announced today.Morrison, currently in his 3rd NBA season out of Gonzaga, was selected third overall by the Bobcats in the 2006 NBA Draft after earning unanimous First Team All-America honors and garnering multiple National Player of the Year awards his senior year. Named to the All-Rookie Second Team following the 2006-07 season, Morrison appeared in 78 games as rookie including 23 starts, averaging 11.8 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 2.1 assists in 29.8 minutes while earning T-Mobile Rookie of the Month honors for November 2006.Missing the entire 2007-08 season after suffering a torn ACL in his left knee in an October 20 preseason game against the Lakers, Morrison has played in 44 games this season including five starts, averaging 4.5 points and 1.6 rebounds in 15.2 minutes with a high-game of 16 points November 11 vs. Denver."

While Morrison and Brown won’t see much playing time this season, I still think that this was a pretty solid trade. Since the Lakers are in the luxury tax, this will save them approximately $13 million, which can be used to resign both Lamar Odom and Trevor Ariza, who will be free agents this offseason. I’ll take Odom and Ariza over Radmonovich any day of the week.