Whew, what a NBA trade deadline for the Los Angeles Lakers ... Well, they got one, and a pretty good one too in Mark Williams from the Charlotte Hornets. But it was costly for the Lakers' future ...

Mark Williams went ... wrong by Los Angeles. Williams didn't waste much time posting his reactions after the Lakers' loss on Wednesday, eliminating them from the NBA playoffs.

Back in February, the city of Charlotte and really, the entire NBA were stunned by the Hornets' decision to agree to send Mark Williams to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Dalton Knecht ...

Thanks in no small part to their lack of a center, the Los Angeles Lakers got upset in the first round of the NBA playoffs ... Charlotte Hornets center Mark Williams to help with that.

The Los Angeles Lakers trade deadline was one of the more consequential in the history of the legendary franchise. Not only did they land star point guard Luka Doncic but they traded for center ...