Report: Lakers Reveal Asking Price Of Members Of Young Core

The Lakers’ young core is definitely a target when it comes to “selling.” However, the Los Angeles Lakers are not interested in trading Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Kyle Kuzma and Josh Hard in order to get veteran forward Trevor Ariza. That’s what Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times says.

Turner said that the Lakers will part ways with a player of their young core if they get a superstar in return.

“The Lakers won’t surrender Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Kyle Kuzma and Josh Hart to the Phoenix Suns in their pursuit of forward Trevor Ariza,said people familiar with the situation who were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.

The Lakers have informed teams that have called about trade proposals that they will not give up any of their young core unless it’s for a superstar player, one person said.”

The Lakers were involved in several trade stories last week. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski said that the team is in talks with the Suns in order to get Ariza. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was supposed to hit a third team.

“The Los Angeles Lakers are engaged in talks trying to acquire Phoenix Suns forward Trevor Ariza, league sources told ESPN.

The teams have been working to reach an agreement with a third team that would take on Lakers guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope as part of a potentially larger deal, league sources said. The Suns want to land a play making guard and a draft asset as the price of unloading Ariza, sources said. Phoenix and Los Angeles have made progress in third-team scenarios, although no agreements are close and both teams remain active in multiple trade discussions throughout the league, sources said.”

It is more than clear that the Lakers do not want to miss a young player because they are more than talented.