Ahead of the 2022-23 season, the Lakers do need to continue to strengthen the roster, at least they need to strengthen the free agent market to help the team at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.
Is it just that for the Lakers, they may still push such a blockbuster plan? Some time ago, there was a lot of news that the Lakers may try to involve an Anthony Davis deal, so if the Lakers still want to promote the deal involving Davis, what kind of plan can they consider? The advice given by us media Kenneth Tip is to promote the following deals with the Hornets:
Hornets get: Anthony Davis, Taren Horton Tucker
The Lakers got: Terry Rozier, Kelly Upbre Jr., P.J. Washington, James Bucknett, Kay Jones, 2024 first round (from the Nuggets), 2025 first-round swaps, 2026 first-round
This will undoubtedly be a very heavy deal, after all, it means that after the Lakers send Davis, they will begin to reserve assets for the future to completely enter the reconstruction phase.
Although the Lakers can also get back a lot of tough players from this deal, the core of this is still young players and future draft assets, so if the Lakers are ready to completely enter the reconstruction stage in the next season, this is still a very good move.
As for the Hornets, they are already a team with a very good squad depth, and the addition of Anthony Davis will also make them a better competitive Eastern team, of course, Anthony Davis may not be enough to make this Hornets a championship team, but they will definitely become a better team.