NBA Trade Verdict

Oklahoma City Thunder Win

Oklahoma City Thunder captured the stronger long-term value in the 2020-11-19 transaction; Los Angeles Lakers' return of Dennis Schröder did not match Danny Green; rights to Jaden McDaniels; plus 1 additional asset.

November 19, 2020 Los Angeles Lakers / Oklahoma City Thunder Record confidence: Medium

Oklahoma City Thunder Received

Trade Analysis

Los Angeles Lakers received Dennis Schröder and sent Danny Green; rights to Jaden McDaniels; traded player exception in the transaction with Oklahoma City Thunder. Dennis Schröder gave Los Angeles a useful season, but Oklahoma City received Danny Green and the draft rights to Jaden McDaniels, creating more long-term asset value. The counterpart retained a clear realized-value edge, reflected in the C+/A- 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.