Lakers Off-Season Trade Scenarios | Russell Westbrook Lakers | Kyle Lowry Lakers

Lakers Off-Season Trade Scenarios | Russell Westbrook Lakers | Kyle Lowry Lakers After the Los Angeles Lakers were bounced from the NBA playoffs in the first round, it became apparent the team needed more talent to play alongside LeBron James and Anthony Davis. The Lakers’ woes resulted in many wondering who L.A. could target in a potential trade to improve the squad. Los Angeles doesn’t have as much financial flexibility as other teams, so making a trade for a quality player might be a viable route. One player mentioned is Washington Wizards guard Russell Westbrook. Bleacher Report proposed a hypothetical scenario in which the nine-time All-Star comes to Los Angeles. In this scenario, the Lakers would send back Montrezl Harrell, Kyle Kuzma, Caldwell-Pope, a 2023 second-round pick and a 2024 second-round pick. Here’s Bleacher Report’s analysis for why L.A. should consider it: “With little to trade in terms of draft picks and young talent, the Lakers need to be eyeing overpaid stars on teams looking for salary relief instead. Westbrook is still one of the league’s most devastating forces, especially when he’s taking smart shots and limiting his turnovers. He led the NBA with 11.7 assists per game this season, pulling down a career-high 11.5 rebounds and scoring 22.2 points a night. A healthy LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Westbrook together should firmly be back in the hunt for the 2022 title and trading for the 2017 MVP would mean not having to pay Dennis Schroder this summer.” Bringing a player with a strong Hall-of-Fame resume seems palatable for Los Angeles’ title aspirations, but it’s difficult to pull off. With Kuzma’s extension set to kick in next season, the salaries of all players involved work out. But Westbrook is owed north of $44 million next season and over $47 million in 2022-23. Buddy Hield of the Sacramento Kings is an interesting name to watch this offseason, even after he inked a four-year, $94 million extension with the organization before the 2019-2020 campaign. Dating back to his collegiate days at Oklahoma, Hield has been a marksman from beyond the arc. Despite being selected in the 2017 NBA Draft, Hield is already 28 years old, which shouldn’t matter to a win-now team like the Lakers. In his first five seasons in the NBA, Hield has converted 40.6 percent of his three-point shots, shooting an average of 7.4 three-pointers a game in that span. Hield isn’t afraid to spam shots from outside and in recent years, he’s become an improved scorer on different spots of the floor. It’s worth noting that Hield’s agent coming into the NBA was none other than Pelinka the Los Angeles Lakers pursuing Kyle Lowry this summer, per The Athletic’s Eric Koreen: Expect all three teams that kicked the tires on Lowry at the trade deadline to explore his availability once more. The Heat have the clearest path to acquiring him, while the Lakers’ contracts that they could move in a sign-and-trade are not overly desirable, although there is likely a deal to work out if both Lowry and the Lakers are deeply interested. So Z nation, which trade scenario is a perfect fit for the Lakers? Comments down below 💭☑️ Like and Share my videos 👍🏼☑️ ✅ Subscribe to my channel ZSPN on YouTube ✅ Thank you all for watching ZSPN on YouTube http://youtube.com/c/ZSPNSports Check out my podcast, ZSPN , on Anchor! https://anchor.fm/zspn Check out my podcast, ZSPN , on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/7hRfH2WzMhoKzgFyftUz1l Check out my podcast, ZSPN, on Google Podcast!https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81N2ZiMTVjNC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Like my page on Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/ZSPNSports/ Follow me on Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/zspn_sports Follow me on Instagram: ZSPN_Sports Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3I60o3Wt-X421fEiJSjziA/join 💜GO LAKERS💛