Rob Pelinka described the moves the Los Angeles Lakers made leading up to the trade deadline as pre-agency.

The Lakers acquired Rui Hachimura, D'Angelo Russell, Jarred Vanderbilt, Malik Beasley and Mo Bamba.

"I think a deep dive into this, you can almost look at it as 'pre-agency,'" Pelinka told reporters on a conference call on Saturday. "We very intentionally planned these moves to provide optionality in July. ... It really is an exciting time, I think, for Laker Nation."

The Lakers drafted Russell and traded him to the Brooklyn Nets in 2017 to accommodate Lonzo Ball, who was later traded in 2019 for Anthony Davis.

"I think D'Angelo has shown a lot of growth since we had him here," Pelinka said of Russell, whose contract expires this summer but is extension eligible. "We do see him not just as a player that's a short-term rental. So, we think that he's a player that can really fit nicely, again, with our core pieces of LeBron James and Anthony Davis, just bringing spacing and shooting and playmaking and efficiency."