For teams searching to upgrade ahead of Thursday's NBA trade deadline — which, to be clear, still stands as the overwhelming majority of the league's 30 clubs — forecasting potential additions for any playoff hopeful is really an exercise of process of elimination.
Los Angeles Lakers' Russell Westbrook during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, in New York. For teams searching to upgrade ahead of Thursday’s NBA trade deadline — which, to be clear, still stands as the overwhelming majority of the league’s 30 clubs — forecasting potential additions for any playoff hopeful is really an exercise of process of elimination.
The Lakers are surely searching for continued upgrades to their lineup around LeBron James and Anthony Davis following their January addition of Rui Hachimura, sources said, and have held conversations with both Utah and Charlotte regarding trading Russell Westbrook and the final year of his $47 million salary. It’s been repeated by league personnel that Miami has little regard for swapping Kyle Lowry for Westbrook.
Any trade sending out Westbrook and two firsts would of course eliminate the possibility of a second deal utilizing one of those first-rounders to acquire another piece with Patrick Beverley and Lonnie Walker’s salaries, such as the Lakers’ primary target of Detroit Pistons sharpshooter Bojan Bogdanovic, whom rival teams are starting to believe Detroit actually will retain through Thursday’s 3 p.m. deadline. The same goes for veteran guard Alec Burks, who has a $10.
The backup center market may end up being the segment of trade-deadline activity that features the most action. In addition, the Sixers, Clippers, Blazers, Nuggets, Nets, Celtics, Raptors and Kings have been mentioned by league executives as holding differing degrees of interest to bolster their center rotations.
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