On January 25, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season is in full swing. As of a few days, this season's NBA regular season has been in progress for more than 3 months. As the title-winning favourites at the beginning of the game, the Lakers' results are obviously not satisfactory, so far they have only 23 wins and 24 losses, ranking 8th in the West.
Because of this, the Lakers have always hoped to strengthen the lineup through mid-season trades. However, due to the lack of sufficiently generous chips in their hands, the Lakers' transaction has not progressed. Earlier today, the US media broke out that the Lakers tried to use Tucker + Nunn + 2027 first-round draft picks to seek a trade, but they were rejected by multiple teams.
The article reads: The Lakers seem to be unable to go their own way this season, and the team's personnel list has been criticized. Although the Lakers have a lot of talented supergiants, they still can't win sustainably. So they are exploring options in the trading market. Unfortunately, they don't have a lot of trading chips, and the list in their hands is short.
Tucker has been impressive in his first few games of the season, but he hasn't played at a very high level since then. Excluding his first three games, he averaged just 9.1 points per game this season and shot 39.9 percent from the field. He clearly didn't make the leap that many people expected, which would certainly affect his value on the trading market.
As for Nunn, he still hasn't been in the Lakers' game. If a team wants to trade him, then they will have to judge him based on his performances with the Heat in the first two seasons. In both seasons, Nunn averaged 15.0 points, 2.9 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game, shooting 45.8 percent from the field and 36.4 percent from three-point range.
In previous reports, the Lakers' chasing targets included Turner of the Pacers, Grant of the Pistons, etc., so it seems that it is not easy for the Lakers to achieve these goals. In addition, the Lakers and Rockets have recently been discussed together by the media to seek the exchange of Westbrook and Wall. But at present, it seems that the difficulty of reaching this deal is also very large.