NBA Trade Rumors: Why Nets Preferred Lakers’ Offer For Dorian Finney-Smith Over Grizzlies’

Rob Pelinka and the Los Angeles Lakers front office pulled off a big trade over the weekend, acquiring Dorian Finney-Smith and Shake Milton from the Brooklyn Nets for D’Angelo Russell, Maxwell Lewis and three second-round picks.
Before the Lakers swooped in, it was believed that the Nets were nearing a deal to send Finney-Smith to the Memphis Grizzlies, who were even offering a first-round pick. However, the protections that would have been on that pick, along with some other things, led B