The Los Angeles Lakers, Chicago Bulls, and Washington Wizards would be interesting trade partners.
The Los Angeles Lakers are likely one or two moves away from being serious contenders in the Western Conference. While the duo of LeBron James and Anthony Davis always has the potential to make noise, they are coming off a first round exit that showed a real need for roster upgrades.
The NBA offseason can always produce unexpected moves, as was recently seen with Karl-Anthony Towns getting traded to the New York Knicks. Jovan Buha of The Athletic stated on his podcast earlier this offseason that Washington Wizards center Jonas Valanciunas is a player on James’ list of preferred targets for the Lakers.
“There was some interest," Buha said of the Lakers and Valanciunas. "He was on LeBron's list, so I think the Lakers will probably revisit that."D'Angelo Russell , Gabe Vincent , Jalen Hood-Schifino , Christian Wood , Cam Reddish , 2029 first-rounder , $9.9 million trade exception , $5.3 million trade exception , $3.8 million trade exception Johnny Davis , Patrick Baldwin Jr. , $1.
Brandon Ingram and Jonas Valanciunas come up HUGE for the Pelicans to clinch the West's #8 seed setting up a matchup vs. the #1 seed Thunder in Round 1 🔥Bleacher Report detailed who is going where in this scenario, including the trade exceptions and where they come from. As the breakdown shows, the Lakers land Valančiūnas, Brogdon, and Carter.Joey Linn is a credentialed writer covering the NBA for Sports Illustrated's FanNation.
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