Los Angeles Lakers: 5 realistic trade targets ahead of the deadline

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Los Angeles Lakers trade target: Harrison Barnes

Harrison Barnes is probably the player on this list that would be most costly but also the one that would give this team the most help. Barnes is having another strong season and it would be odd if the Sacramento Kings didn’t try to get something in return for him.

Barnes would help give this team some versatility along the wing and would immediately help take some of the defensive pressure off of LeBron James (as an individual defender). Barnes is averaging 16 points and six rebounds per game on 45 percent shooting from the field and 42 percent shooting from 3-point range.

The Lakers would have to come with a strong offer and would likely have to outbid some other teams, but Barnes could be worth the gamble in the long run.