The Lakers are pursuing Hawks guard Dejounte Murray, and the Lakers' main trade chip is Russell, but the Hawks are not willing to take Russell, and the Hawks want to bring in a third-party team to participate in the trade to accept Russell's contract.
According to U.S. media reports, the Rockets joined the trade discussion as a third-party team, and the Rockets, Lakers and Hawks discussed a three-way big trade plan, the specific content is.
The Lakers sent Russell, Reaves, Hayes and two future first-round picks to Murray and Bogdan Bogdanovic.
The Rockets sent Jeff Green, Tate, Landale, Oladipo, one first-round pick and two second-round picks to Russell, Reaves and Hayes.
The Hawks sent Murray and Bogdan to the Rockets for Jeff Green, Tate, Landale, Oladipo, three first-rounders (two first-round picks from the Lakers and one first-round pick from the Rockets) and two second-round picks from the Rockets.
The Lakers got Bogdan and Murray to improve their three-point shooting ability and defense from the outside, the Rockets got Reaves and Russell to bolster their quarterbacks, and the Hawks got multiple draft picks and expiring contracts.