Lakers Win

Los Angeles Lakers received Ollie Johnson; 1978 first-round pick (#5-Purvis Short); 1978 second-round pick (#26-Ron Carter) and sent Lucius Allen in the transaction with Sacramento Kings. Los Angeles received a first-round pick that became the No. 5 selection, Purvis Short, plus additional assets for Lucius Allen; the trade is valuable, but its downstream draft path remains difficult to trace fully. The completed outcomes support a clear Lakers advantage, reflected in the B+/D grade pairing. The evaluation is retrospective: it weighs what the players and draft assets actually became, while still considering role, age, contract timing, competitive-window fit and identifiable downstream asset conversion.