With the Los Angeles Lakers still grappling with a .500 record past the halfway point of the season, the trade market is one of the few ways the team can search for upgrades.
The Lakers’ vision over the summer included trading for a third star to compliment LeBron James and Anthony Davis. That search produced Russell Westbrook, but the move has not worked out the way L.A. wanted.
The free agent signings primarily consisted of veterans past their primes on one-year deals for the minimum. So far, Kent Bazemore, DeAndre Jordan, Trevor Ariza and Wayne Ellington have all looked washed. Rajon Rondo was traded for little return to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
If the Lakers try to trade for upgrades, Greg Swartz of Bleacher Report named one dream, realistic and sneaky target for Los Angeles: