Just past the trade deadline, the Los Angeles Lakers found nothing. Of course, the Lakers' reinforcement hopes are still not completely shattered, at least for now, they still have a buyout market to continue to operate.
Today, according to The Athletic's famous reporter Jova Buha, once the newly traded players negotiate a buyout with their new teams, the Lakers will be active in the free market. Given los Angeles' huge influence and the aura of a big city, I believe the Lakers still have a certain appeal. After March 1, newly signed players will no longer be able to play the playoffs with the team, which is a time node to pay attention to.
Interestingly, there's one name that's already associated with the Lakers, and that's Dennis Schroeder. By the end of the day, the Celtics traded Schroeder to the Rockets and returned to center Theis. According to ESPN's famous Venhorst, the Rockets are open to buying out Schroeder. And if the Rockets buy out, the Lakers intentionally sign him back.
Schroeder, who played for the Lakers last season, declined the Lakers' four-year, 84 million contract extension in the middle of the season, letting go of the free market. Unfortunately, he ended up getting nothing but a 5.9 million mid-class contract with the Celtics. The Lakers chose to trade to Wei Shao, but now the record is very poor. If he can be signed back again through a buyout, the Lakers are still interested, at least, he can play better than Wei Shao.
![Dennis Schroeder, who averages from 20 million to 6 million a year, can he make a mark on the Celtics?[fig]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)