Less than a month before the trade deadline, the Lakers began to recognize the reality, not only urging Nunn to make an early comeback, but also peddling guard Horton Tucker in the trade discussions. In order to increase the team's squad ceiling, Pelinka is about to empty the family.
At present, all parties are working intensively to reinforce. The Spurs, Green Army and Nuggets have reached a three-way deal, with Forbes going to the Nuggets, Hernangomez going to the Spurs, and Pol Bohr and Dozier going to the Celtics. At the same time, the Nuggets will also compensate the Spurs for a 2028 second-round pick.
The Lakers are full of envy, they really do not have the chips to hand, Zhan Mei is real estate, Wei Shao poison contract no one to take over, led by Bazemore, a group of veterans led by Bazemore are too low cost-effective.
The general managers of other teams believe that the Lakers are very optimistic about Tucker, but if they do not go out of Tucker, it is difficult to make a meaningful deal. Tucker has played in 28 games this season, averaging 27.4 minutes per game, 10.6 points, 3.7 boards and 2.5 assists, and his contract is $30.78 million for 3 years. Although Tucker has a projection shortcoming, youth is capital, and once the Lakers add him to the chip, it will still attract the attention of many teams.
However, ESPN fame Wo Shen poured cold water on the Lakers, he believes that the Lakers want to improve must rely on the team inside. With few sellers this year, the Lakers will always have competitor teams offering better chips than them after the offer.