While the Los Angeles Lakers made headlines with one of the biggest trades in recent NBA history, Japanese forward Rui Hachimura continued putting together a solid first half of the season.The 27-year-old national basketball team standout had been mentioned in trade rumors but remained with the Lakers after they sent linchpin Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks in return for Slovenian superstar Luka Doncic at the start of February.Hachimura started all 45 games before the All-Star break, averaging 13.4 points and making a league-seventh-best 43.4 percent of his three-point attempts.He sco…READ FULL ARTICLE
