Wild 3-Team Trade Proposal Gives Lakers $94 Million Sharpshooter

Another trade gives the Los Angeles Lakers a chance to solve their problems and this time Rob Pelinka may get a talented sharpshooter. The Lakers have been linked to several players, but Pelinka has yet to make a move.

Sam Quinn from CBS Sports has a nice suggestion for the Lakers. According to him, the Lakers can get rid of Russell Westbrook. This trade sends Kyrie Irving and Buddy Hield to LA. The Indiana Pacers would get Russ and a 2029 first-round pick and the Nets will get Talen Horton-Tucker, a 2027 first-rounder and two future second-rounders.

Screw it, here are my predictions:

Kevin Durant for Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, two unprotected picks and one swap.

Kyrie Irving and Buddy Hield to the Lakers, Russell Westbrook and the 2029 1st to Indiana, Talen Horton-Tucker, the 2027 first and two 2nds to Brooklyn.

— Sam Quinn (@SamQuinnCBS) July 25, 2022

Irving has been linked to the Lakers for a really long time. The Nets are now trying to find a trade partner for Kevin Durant. Keeping Irving on the roster wasn’t really a top priority for the team.

According to Marc Stein, LA should go for Eric Gordon. Of course, Pelinka would pull this move only if Irving’s story gets stuck in the middle of nowhere.

3 PM ET today: An hour of live NBA chat via @SpotifyLive with @celticsblog’s own @KeithSmithNBA guesting. Boston’s trade offer for Kevin Durant starring Jaylen Brown will presumably come up.

In the interim … here’s a Reader Mailbag with more trade talk: https://t.co/iBKsTQjY1o

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) July 25, 2022

“I tend to agree with the notion that the Lakers, above all, would also prefer to hold off on secondary trades, like the various Indiana options or a potential Eric Gordon deal with Houston until they know that acquiring Kyrie Irving from Brooklyn is no longer an option,” Stein wrote on July 25.

Trade gives the Lakers a chance to get another sharpshooter

Irving has a chance to make a move, but it seems like he won’t go anywhere this summer.

“Kyrie Irving opted in with the full intent of playing out next season as a Brooklyn Net,” Shams Charania reported. “From everything that I’ve been told, in his mind, he’s playing next year in Brooklyn – with or without Kevin Durant. Irving opted in, there was an understanding that he was going to make the best decision for himself, and Durant will be making his decision as well. From everything I’ve been told, Kyrie Irving has made his intent, he wants to play out next season in Brooklyn and be an unrestricted free agent next summer.”

Are the Brooklyn Nets still trying to win ONE of these @ShamsCharania#PMSLive pic.twitter.com/b67Zf1FbiI

— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) July 25, 2022

Let’s see what happens later this summer. Pelinka has a few great options on the table and he should play smart this time.