NBA Trade Rumors: Six realistic trade targets that the Los Angeles Lakers should be focused on.
Despite the Los Angeles Lakers‘ horrific start to the season, they are hanging around in the Western Conference standings. They are just three games out (in the loss column) from the sixth seed and over the last few weeks, we’ve seen this team begin to make strides in their play.
It’s unfortunate that Anthony Davis will miss the new few weeks with an injury, but that’s probably something that was expected to happen at some point this season.
The next few weeks will dictate whether they make an NBA Trade Deadline move or not
The injury to Anthony Davis will complicate things over the next few weeks. But for the sake of this article, let’s say the Lakers are able to survive without him in the lineup over the next few weeks and they don’t fall that much down the West standings.
In that case, the Lakers will likely still be in the market to make a move to improve the roster. But let’s get rid of all the noise that may or may not be true. Because of the team’s lack of assets, there is a group of trade targets that make sense for Los Angeles and also a group that doesn’t.
Let’s stop with the pipe dreams that the likes of Bradley Beal, Kevin Durant, Kyle Kuzma (even), and DeMar DeRozan are.
Heading into the NBA Trade Deadline season, let’s explore six trade candidates that are both realistic for the team and would be affordable.