Lakers Trade Target $39 million agreement with a $2 million partial guarantee for the 2024-25 season.
It appears that the Los Angeles Lakers plan to wait it out a little bit longer, despite all of the rumors that the team is considering trade possibilities with players like Zach LaVine and Alex Caruso of the Chicago Bulls circling.
Several players who are thought to be their best trade assets are not negotiable. Furthermore, they might even choose to stick with their depth strategy over star power when they can.
Maybe a more logical target, such as veteran Detroit Pistons player Bojan Bogdanovic, is needed.
“Bojan Bogdanović … still looks like an obvious target for this team,” wrote Zach Buckley of Bleacher Report on November 21. “His game looks like an effortless fit for this roster. His outside shot (career 39.4 percent) is the best part of his arsenal, but he also has the size to shoot over smaller defenders and the ball skills to slip past bigger ones.
Bogdanovic, 34, has yet to suit up for the Pistons this season as he continues recovering from a calf strain. But he averaged 21.6 points on 62.7% true shooting, knocking down 41.1% of his three-pointers with 3.8 rebounds, and 2.6 assists last season.
He is in the first year of a two-year, $39 million contract that is only partially guaranteed for $2 million for the 2024-25 season, allowing flexibility for the future.
The Lakers wouldn’t be alone in their pursuit, though.
The Lakers are in no rush to swing a deal, per Marc Stein of The Stein Line. They are 8-6 with a matchup versus the Utah Jazz on November 21. They sit sixth in the Western Conference without having played their best basketball yet, leading them to practice patience.
“I’m told the Lakers, at present, are focused on internal improvement, hopeful that getting Jarred Vanderbilt (who is ineligible to be traded this season after signing an extension with the Lakers in September) and Vincent back on the floor regularly will give them a meaningful boost,” Stein wrote on November 20.
