On February 16, Beijing time, according to NBA celebrity Dave McMenamin and Ramona Shelburne revealed in the show that the Lakers had almost reached a deal with Houston for many reasons, after news reported that the Lakers were unwilling to put Tucker in the transaction, which eventually led to the collapse of the transaction.
According to the two celebrities, the Lakers had discussed a deal with the Rockets about Westbrook for Wall, but the problem was in terms of the trade. Both sides want to join Wood in the deal, but that also means more money will be involved, and the Lakers are reluctant to pay more money pressure. Ramona Shelburne said that many people in the league believe that the Lakers' level of effort is 'half-hearted', they are only willing to make some simple transactions, but they are not willing to bear any pain, including paying the draft pick or taking on salary pressure.
Before the NBA trading deadline was closed, there was a lot of rumors about the Lakers trading Wei Shao, but the Lakers still did not complete any transactions in the end. In this regard, Ramona Shelburne also said that he had heard that the Lakers could have completed the deal at the cost of paying a first-round pick, and later even some people proposed that they only needed to provide draft swaps, but the Lakers wanted to give Houston some compensation balance deals, and obviously the Lakers did not do so.
Now that the NBA trade day is closed, the Lakers can only rely on the existing lineup to complete this season's game, and since Westbrook stayed with the Lakers, he should also fully believe that he will have better performances in future games. Although the Lakers are backed by the Los Angeles metropolis, the main industry of the Lakers owner Bath family is the Lakers, who are not as rich as the Clippers owner Ballmer next door, so Pelinka's operating space in the free market is stretched, not only to consider the player configuration, but also to worry about the team's salary space.