Dejounte Murray and Zach LaVine have been the Lakers’ most talked-about possible trade targets thus far. It is reported that front office staffers have been manning the phones in an effort to improve the team before the trade deadline.
However, an NBA insider is now advising the team to take a totally different approach.
However, there isn’t a store with thirty guys available if I’m Rob Pelinka. However, Tim MacMahon of ESPN stated on Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective this week that it’s not just LaVine or Dejounte Murray.
“I’m calling Charlotte to ask about Terry Rozier, or at the very least to see if he could be available for a much cheaper price.
Rozier would undoubtedly give the Lakers some much-needed shooting. Despite attempting 7.8 threes per game, his 37 percent three-point shooting this season is higher than that of all but three Lakers players.
In the fourth quarter, Rozier is scoring 8.5 points per game on average, which is second most in the NBA only to Giannis Antetokounmpo.
The guard for the Hornets is two years into a four-year, $96 million deal. With a season-long salary of $23.2 million, he is more costly than Murray (18.2 million) but less expensive than LaVine (40.1 million).
As the February trade deadline draws near, trade rumors involving the Lakers are circulating widely, and head coach Darvin Ham has responded to them directly.
Following Monday night’s crucial 112-105 victory over the Thunder, Ham acknowledged that the front office would probably consider strengthening the roster.
Reporters are informed by Ham that “people talk about trades and this and that.”Nobody is trying to hide anything. You are going to seize the chance that is presented to you to improve. Having said that, we simply need to buckle down, concentrate, and attend to the details with what we have in that locker room. In that locker room, we have more than enough to get some things done.
LA has struggled with illness, injuries, and assembling a reliable starting lineup that
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