The Los Angeles Lakers subjected Jordan Hill to a prank ahead of the NBA's trade deadline, making him think that he was on his way out of the team.
The power forward has been linked with several suitors in the run-up to today's deadline for deals to be completed.
The team's coaching staff told the 27-year-old that general manager Mitch Kupchak needed to talk to him after practice, hinting that he had been traded before head coach Byron Scott revealed that it was a joke.
Hill has averaged 12.3 points per game this season.
