The New Way Lakers Are Trying to Trade For Buddy Hield After Picking Russell Westbrook Over Him

The Los Angeles Lakers won’t trade Russell Westbrook away, but they may soon trade for Buddy Hield. The team struggles to win more games in the regular season, and they have to pull out a few moves to upgrade the roster. How will General Manager Rob Pelinka solve this problem? Anthony Davis has returned from injury, but the Lakers lost the game to the Philadelphia 76ers.

Hield makes perfect sense for the team. They were really close to getting him in the offseason. Pelinka made a move and traded Kyle Kuzma, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, and Montrezl Harrell away to get Westbrook. This deal didn’t work and Westbrook didn’t help the Lakers win. Well, LeBron James and Davis wanted Westbrook. Broddie’s spot is safe for now. The Lakers won’t move on from him. I mean, they got him a few months ago. Why would they trade him and a 2027 first-rounder? The Houston Rockets agreed to get Westbrook under this conditions. LA will keep Westbrook around for a while.

Let’s go back to Hield.

The Lakers may still try to get Buddy Hield

Chris Haynes said that the Lakers are still interested in Hield. Pelinka will use Talen Horton-Tucker to get hield.

“League sources have told me the Lakers reached out to the Kings about a Talen Horton-Tucker package for Buddy Hield,” Haynes said during his podcast podcast. “Still trying to make that happen. Obviously, the Kings are like, ‘No. We feel like there’s more lucrative deals out there.’ The Kings are going to be active. They’ve got a whole bunch of people calling them.”

The Lakers didn’t want to move on from Horton-Tucker. He developed some insane skills and Pelinka wanted to keep him around for a while. Trading him makes more sense at the moment.

LA needs to sharpen the roster to avoid losing more games. They have lost too many games in the regular season. LeBron managed to keep the team afloat, but it didn’t work. Some of his teammates struggle too much to make an impact.

Will LA find a way to bring Hield to the big city?