Wild 3-Team Proposed Trade Sends Lakers a $176 Million Playmaker for 2 Stars

The Los Angeles Lakers are dealing with a lot of problems at the moment. Bill Simmons and Zach Lowe discussed the potential trade involving the Lakers and it can give them a great playmaker.

Will the Lakers even consider trading Anthony Davis? Imagine a trade deal between the Lakers, Portland Trail Blazers, and Oklahoma City Thunder. This deal would give the Lakers Damian Lillard. Well, they’d have to give up on Davis, Russell Westbrook, and Talen Horton-Tucker.

“Here’s my favorite one, it’s a three-teamer, the Lakers get Dame, Portland gets Davis, Talen Horton-Tucker in their C.J. McCollum trade exception, Kendrick Nunn and Derrick Favors,” Simmons said. “And OKC gets Russ [Westbrook] and they get a Portland first and a swap.

“So, Portland’s basically giving up Dame, taking a bunch of contracts back to get Davis. And the Lakers get Dame, but they clear out a bunch of contracts. So, basically next year they just have Dame and LeBron and then they can add around that. That was my favorite one because it involves Russ going home to OKC, the only place that would probably take Russ.”

Lakers LeBron James may work well with the playmaker

Davis is prone to injuries and so is Lillard. He saw action in just 29 games, averaging 24 points, 7.3 assists, and 4.1 rebounds while going 32.4$ from long range. LeBron has an excellent relationship with Davis but he likes Lillard, too.

“’Bron asked what I was thinking with my situation, and I told him what I’m telling you: that I just want to be in a position to win it all,” Lillard told Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes for a November 3, 2021 story. “He painted the picture to me that if I were to leave, the situation could look like this. He didn’t tell me to come to L.A., and he didn’t say anything to me that I didn’t already know other than what it could look like. I told him, ‘I know if I were to play with y’all, I know it would work out because of my skill set,’ and who I am and who they are.”

Let’s see what happens in the offseason. LA has to make some changes, otherwise they will lose another season.