Lakers Mega-Trade Offer for 6x All-Star Revealed by Insider

The Los Angeles Lakers tried to make an offer for an All-Star ahead of the trade deadline, and the details are now revealed.

General manager Rob Pelinka made an offer for Kyle Lowry, but the Toronto Raptors wouldn’t give up on him. The Athletics’s Jovan Buha and Bill Oram have the details.

According to this report, the Lakers offered Dennis Schroder, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and some draft picks in order to get Lowry. The Raptors wanted Talen Horton-Tucker, but the Lakers want him, too.

“Multiple sources told The Athletic that the Lakers and Raptors discussed a trade that would have sent both members of Los Angeles’ starting backcourt, Dennis Schröder and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, and likely some draft compensation to Toronto for Lowry,” Buha and Oram detailed. “Throughout Thursday morning, sources said, the sticking point was the inclusion of Talen Horton-Tucker. The same sources said that, Rob Pelinka, the Lakers’ vice president of basketball operations, insisted that price was too high for the 35-year-old Lowry, and that he was not willing to trade Horton-Tucker, the 20-year-old combo guard who has emerged as a valuable rotation player for the Lakers in his second season.”

Lakers make an offer and the details are revealed

Brian Windhorst from ESPOn reported that the Lakers’ offer for Lowry included Schroder, Matthews, and KCP. LA decided to stick with Horton-Tucker who will enter the open market in the offseason.

This takes us to another level. The Lakers are willing to shop Schroder. He will become a free agent, too. Buha and Oram reported that the Lakers and Schroder are “far apart” on a contract extension. He is looking for something north of $20 million.

“But sources said the sides remain far apart in extension negotiations, with Schröder, who is making $15.5 million in the final year of a four-year contract, seeking a multi-year extension that would pay him more than $20 million per year,” The Athletic detailed. “That gap contributed to the Lakers’ willingness to include Schröder in trade talks.”