The Spurs and Lakers are teams that have both played the 10th and 11th in the West in the regular season, respectively, but in terms of team goals, there is still a very big gap between the two teams. Because the Spurs are a team that is completely in the reconstruction stage, compared to the Lakers, who want to impact the championship.
So after the Lakers miss the playoffs, is there a possibility that there is a push trade between them and the Spurs this offseason? US media James Pearsey proposed two deals involving Anthony Davis:
Scenario 1:
The Lakers get: Doug McDermott, John Richardson, Lonnie Walker, 2022 first-round picks (from raptors), 2023 first-round picks (from Spurs), 2025 first-round picks (from Spurs)
Spurs get: Anthony Davis
Scenario two:
Hornets get: Russell Westbrook, Jacob Pelter
The Lakers get: Gordon Hayward, Doug McDermott, Terry Rozier, Josh Richardson, 2023 first-round picks (from Spurs), 2024 first-round picks (protected with top 5 picks, from the Bulls)
Spurs get: Anthony Davis
In these two transactions, the Lakers can exchange a lot of future assets and young players in the transaction involving Anthony Davis, which also means that the Lakers may have clearly entered the direction of reconstruction completely, or hope to continue to build a lineup with better depth around LeBron James.
And in the trade with the Spurs and Hornets, the Lakers can still get rid of the Russell Westbrook contract, even if it means that the Lakers completely disintegrated the Big Three lineup, but considering The poor performance of Westbrook in the past season and The injury problem of Anthony Davis, this will indeed be a move worth considering.