C Brook Lopez, along with the 27th selection in this year's draft, were sent from the Brooklyn Nets to the Los Angeles Lakers. The 7-foot Lopez represents a dramatic upgrade for Los Angeles, particularly at the offensive end. He averaged a team-high 20.5 points last season for Brooklyn and owns career averages of 18.1 points, 7.1 rebounds and 1.7 blocks in nine seasons with the Nets.

The Los Angeles Lakers hold the No. 2 pick in the upcoming NBA Draft, but they are not waiting until Thursday night to begin reshaping their roster.The Lakers have reached an agreement to trade point guard D'Angelo Russell and center Timofey Mozgov to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for center Brook Lopez and the 27th selection in this year's draft, The Vertical reported Tuesday.Trading Russell, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2015 draft, all but assures that Los Angeles will select point guard Lonzo Ball of UCLA at No. 2 Thursday. It also gives the Lakers three first-round selections in the draft.Russell averaged 15.6 points and 4.8 assists in his second season with the Lakers, who will free themselves from a four-year, $64 million contract that they signed Mozgov to in July 2016.The 7-foot-1 Mozgov averaged 7.4 points, 4.9 rebounds and 0.9 blocked shots last season -- his first with the Lakers and seventh in the NBA overall.The 7-foot Lopez represents a dramatic upgrade for Los Angeles, particularly at the offensive end. He averaged a team-high 20.5 points last season for Brooklyn and owns career averages of 18.1 points, 7.1 rebounds and 1.7 blocks in nine seasons with the Nets.

The Brooklyn Nets plan to sit six players on Wednesday night in a game the Chicago Bulls need to win to clinch the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. The Nets announced Trevor Booker, Jeremy Lin and Brook Lopez will sit out due to rest, while injuries will sideline Quincy Acy (ankle), Joe Harris (shoulder) and Sean Kilpatrick (hamstring).The Bulls (40-41) enter the NBA's regular season's final night in a three-way fight with the Indiana Pacers (41-40) and Miami Heat (40-41) for the East's final two spots. If the Bulls win, they are in the playoffs.Should either the Bulls or Pacers lose, Miami can lock up a playoff spot with a win over the Washington Wizards.Chicago can give second-year coach Fred Hoiberg his first playoff appearance by beating the Nets (20-61). Brooklyn has the worst record in the NBA but is coming off a 107-106 win over the Bulls on Saturday."The big thing is it doesn't change our approach," Hoiberg said Wednesday morning of the Nets' players sitting. "We have a game plan that we had in place for whoever takes the floor for Brooklyn. We know it's a group that's going to come out and play extremely hard. They're going to play with great pace."

C Brook Lopez scored 25 points Monday at Boston and became the Nets' all-time scoring leader, passing Buck Williams."It's a great honor, obviously a lot of amazing players have played here," said Lopez, who finished the game with 10,434 career points. "I'm just proud to have my name up there with those guys."

C Brook Lopez, who needed 35 points to pass Buck Williams on the Nets' all-time scoring list, finished with 13 points.Saturday was the 16th meeting between twin brothers Brook and Robin Lopez. While Brook has only been on the Nets, Robin has faced his brother with five teams (Chicago, New York, Portland, Phoenix and New Orleans).

C Brook Lopez led all scorers with 29 points and is 60 points shy of tying Buck Williams (10,440) for the most points in franchise history. Lopez recorded his 45th game with at least 20 points and did so on a night when the Nets shot 39 percent and committed 21 turnovers.

C Brook Lopez scored 30 points on his 29th birthday in Saturday's win against the Magic. Lopez made 12 of 22 shots and sealed the win by hitting a 3-pointer with 1:58 left.

C Brook Lopez -- who entered averaging 20.7 points per game -- was held to 11 points on 4-for-17 shooting. Lopez has made 125 3-pointers after hitting just three in his first eight seasons. "It's an easy shot for him," Nets coach Kenny Atkinson said. "It really helps our spacing."

C Brook Lopez led the Nets with 26 points on 10-of-15 shooting. He also totaled nine rebounds and six assists but was provided little help in a 106-101 loss to Philadelphia. "I don't know if it was a combination of the juice or concentration and focus but we were just throwing a lot of balls away and just missing opportunities and making mistakes," Lopez said.

C Brook Lopez and G Jeremy Lin combined for 42 points to help Brooklyn outlast Atlanta, which was playing without three starters and lost its seventh straight game.Lopez had 23 points and seven rebounds and Lin scored 19 points, his most since getting a season-high 24 on March 14.

C Brook Lopez led the Nets with 19 points but it was the bench sparking things as six reserves reached double figures.Lopez helped the Nets surge ahead with 12 of his 19 team-leading points in the third.

C Brook Lopez made the first buzzer-beater of his career Tuesday, hitting a 16-footer to give the Nets a 98-96 win over the Pistons."I was very confident in it," Lopez said. "It felt good. We executed so well on that last play which is something that we've learned throughout the season to do."Lopez scored 12 of his 29 points in the final 12 minutes and capped his sixth straight game of at least 20 points by executing the final play.

C Brook Lopez led the Nets with 27 points Sunday.

C Brook Lopez led the Nets with 23 points, but it was not enough for Brooklyn, which was seeking its first winning streak since March 24-26.

C Brook Lopez scored 24 points Thursday in the Nets' win over the Knicks.

C Brook Lopez scored 25 points Tuesday in the Nets' loss to the Thunder.

C Brook Lopez scored 25 points as the Nets ended their franchise-record home skid with a 120-112 victory over the Knicks on Sunday night. Lopez hit his first six 3-pointers and shot 6 of 9 overall from long range. He joined Toronto's Serge Ibaka and New York's Kristaps Porzingis as the third player this season to amass at least 100 3-pointers and 100 blocked shots.

C Brook Lopez (ankle) missed his first game of the season Friday.

C Brook Lopez scored 18 points, grabbed six rebounds and blocked five shots.

C Brook Lopez scored 26 points for the Nets (10-51), who lost for the 18th time in 19 outings. Brooklyn shot 52.3 percent from the field, including 14 for 30 (46.7) on 3-point attempts.