On February 10, Beijing time, according to NBA reporter Michael Scotto, the Lakers are planning to launch a three-way transaction before the trade deadline, and the other two participating teams will be the Knicks and Raptors. The main body of the entire transaction framework will be Horton Tucker, Reddish and Dragic.
The specific trade plan is that the Lakers send Horton Tucker and get Reddish and Burks, the Raptors send Dragic to get Horton Tucker or Noel, the Knicks get Dragic and the draft pick, and Nunn may also join the deal.
The Raptors don't need Dragic or buy him out in vain, and although the Knicks just paid a first-round deal to Reddish, he was completely unable to enter Thibodeau's rotation lineup after coming to the Knicks, playing only 5 games in total, averaging only about 10 minutes per game and scoring 4 points. So the Knicks also want to send him out again and return to a first-round pick.
However, there are still two unknown points in this transaction, that is, whether Nunn will be sent to the Raptors or the Knicks, and this first-round pick will be made by the Raptors or the Lakers. However, from the current situation, if Nunn is sent to the Raptors, it is likely that the first-round signing will be made by the Raptors, after all, a Dragic who is on the verge of a buyout can trade Horton Tucker, Nunn and Noel 3 players, which is not realistic. And if Nunn is sent to the Knicks, then maybe the Raptors will still make a first-round pick, but they should ask the Lakers or the Knicks to compensate them for a second-round pick.
So the question is, do Redish and Burks meet the lakers' needs? Frankly, if the deal can be done and hasn't sent a 27-year first-round pick yet, it's not bad. Reddish is 2 meters tall, although often ridiculed as a "cold ice shooter", but in fact, the three-point shooting rate is also 36.4%, and his height and athletic ability are the third position that the Lakers urgently need.
Burks' height has also reached 1.98 meters, averaging 11.1 points per game this season, shooting 38.8% from three-point range, which can also improve the height of the Lakers' outside line. If the deal is completed, then the Lakers' flank problem does not dare to be completely solved, but at least it can be alleviated to a certain extent, so Pelinka really should find a way to complete the deal.
But if the Lakers need to make a 27-year first-round pick, then Pelinka is better off not making the deal. Because even if the arrival of the two can strengthen the Lakers, but the integration problem of James, Thick Brow and Westbrook is not solved, the Lakers are still difficult to rush to the championship. On the contrary, if you send the first round of signing again, the possibility of sending away Wei Shao's big contract in the offseason is also very low. If you can't win in the present and ruin the future, it's obviously not a good deal.