On Jan. 28, according to Yahoo Sports reporter Chris Haynes, the Los Angeles Lakers had discussed with the Sacromonte Kings about replacing Talran Horton Tucker for Buddy Hield, but the Kings declined the deal, hoping to exchange Hield for more young assets and draft picks.
On January 25, the Pistons also rejected the Lakers' offer, Tucker, Nunn, the 2027 first-round pick did not impress the Pistons, and according to the Pistons' voice, Jerami Grant did not want to play with the Lakers, he did not want to be the third scoring point outside of James and Davis, in addition to the Lakers were not willing to give Grant 4 years 112 million. In other words, the Lakers' pursuit of Grant and Hield failed.
However, on January 28, the US media FW made another suggestion, they believe that the Lakers have to chase four other players, namely the Knicks' Fournier, the Raptors' Trent, the Blazers' Powell, the Rockets' Gordon, and the Lakers' trading chips are still Tucker, Nunn, the 2027 first-round pick, etc.
The Knicks still expressed their willingness to trade veterans such as Walker, Burkes and Fournier on January 29, and the Lakers can use Tucker and Nunn to quote Fournier, Who is at least a pitcher with a three-point shooting rate of 38.9%, and he has a height of 2.01 meters to play the third position of the first.
The Lakers can also use Tucker and Nunn to quote Gordon, Gordon's more than 45% three-point shooting rate this season is very efficient, but according to the previous reports of Kelly Iko, Gordon will most likely choose to leave the Rockets, and if the Lakers want to get him, they will have to return to multiple draft picks.
The third is the Lakers sending Tucker, Nunn, and Gary Trent Jr., who is signing the Raptors in the first round of 2027, who also has a 38.2% three-point shooting rate and 17 points per game. If he partners with Wei Shao, he can attract a lot of defensive pressure for Wei Shao and open up space.
The last is powell, the Blazers' third gun, who has averaged 17.9 points per game this season and shot 40 percent from three-point range, and the Lakers have quoted him with Tucker, Nunn, and the 2026 first-round pick. If Powell can join the Lakers, the offensive and defensive can be improved, and in addition to being a good scorer, his outside defense ability is also good.
(Unfortunately, these chips are hard to impress these teams.)
Text/Yan Xiaobai