Woj Shares Troubling Update on Blockbuster Lakers Trade Rumors

The NBA world had several blockbuster trade proposals for the Los Angeles Lakers and most of these include Brooklyn Nets veteran Kyrie Irving. The Lakers have to make some big changes to their roster. Trading Russell Westbrook to another team made sense for the team, but Rob Pelinka couldn’t find fitting trade partners.

Irving seems to be a good fit for the Lakers. He has played with LeBron James and their connection could be of great help for the franchise. Irving missed a big portion of the 2021-22 season due to COVID protocols. The Nets were in an uncomfortable situation and their negotiations with Irving got stuck in the middle of nowhere.

Getting Irving makes sense and the Lakers can fit him in their scheme.

Blockbuster trade forces Lakers into an uncomfortable position

Adrian Wojnarowski is not an optimist about the Lakers trade for Irving.

“I do think there’s going to be teams who would like to do deals for him [Irving],” Wojnarowski detailed during a July 4, 2022 edition of “SportsCenter.” “It’s different than the sign-and-trade he tried to get [prior to opting in]. That’s where teams would have had to have signed him for multiple years. He’s essentially on an expiring contract and I think teams who just need to improve their talent, can take some risk with Kyrie Irving.

“The Lakers have yet, I’m told, to be aggressive in trying to put a deal together to get him from Brooklyn. That may come, that may evolve with time, but so far, right now, there’s no traction really on deals with either Irving or Kevin Durant. They’ll develop over time but both of these processes could play out and they don’t have to trade either.

“They’re both under contract, they could bring them back this season. I don’t think that’s the ideal scenario for Brooklyn. I think it’s trying to find a way to get up to get the biggest haul of assets they can. But again, there’s a lot of time left in this offseason and a lot more talks that are coming.”