The Lakers and Pelicans have not been able to perform well enough so far this season, and for the Lakers who want to hit the championship this season, and even for the Pelicans who hope that the team can play a stable performance, trying to make a move before this year's trade deadline is still the key to changing the current team's predicament.
So is there a possibility that the Lakers and pelicans will push for deals before this year's trading deadline? American media Jack Simone gave the following trading proposals:
The Lakers got: Josh Hart, Willie Hernangomez
The Pelicans got: Taren Horton Tucker, DeAndre Jordan, 2027 first-round picks, two future second-round picks
Josh Hart is the player who was sent to the Pelicans in a trade involving Anthony Davis that the Lakers pushed for, and in this deal, the Lakers exchanged Hart for Hart at the expense of Horton Tucker.
So far this season, Hart has been able to perform very well in the Pelicans, averaging 13.4 points, 7.8 rebounds and 4.1 assists for the Pelicans, in addition to 50.5% shooting and 32.3% three-point shooting.
By comparison, Horton Tucker, one of the chips, has averaged 9.5 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game this season, in addition to 40.6 percent shooting and 25 percent three-point shooting.
It's just that this deal proposal suggests that the Lakers need to sacrifice the first-round draft picks in 2027, which can almost be said to be the best trading chip in the hands of the Lakers at present, not to mention that the Lakers also need to sacrifice two future second-round draft picks. Even if Hart and Hernan Gomez are players with good strength, their value is not enough for the Lakers to sacrifice chips of this level, and because of this, the feasibility of such a plan is almost zero.