Brian Windhorst praises the Lakers for acquiring Mike Muscala from the Clippers and it provides space to get a player on the buyout market. (1:13)

The LA Clippers traded center Mike Muscala to the Los Angeles Lakers for forward Michael Beasley and center Ivica Zubac, it was announced Thursday.

Muscala, who was traded from Philadelphia to the Clippers on Wednesday as part of a deal that sent Tobias Harris to the Sixers, is averaging over seven points and four rebounds a game this season.

Beasley, who missed nearly all of December while tending to his ailing mother, is averaging seven points a game in 26 games.

Zubac is averaging career highs in points (8.5) and rebounds (4.9) in 33 games.