Tim Bontemps of espn had a trade idea between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Utah Jazz, where the lakers would be bringing in a ton of players who could help out their rotation for this upcoming season.
I really like the trade idea it's a trade that i think would focus on the overall depth of the team while also adding a ton of floor spacing onto the roster and improving the defense so in this trade scenario, the lakers would be adding Bojan Bogdanovic,patrick Beverley, Mike Conley and Jordan Clarkson and trading away Russell Westbrook, tht and two future first so for the Utah Jazz they trade away a bunch of their veteran players get a young player in tht they also get Russell Westbrook who's on an expiring deal.
They get two future first-round picks if they traded away Donovan Mitchell they'd probably be looking to trade away these veteran guys so I think that it would make sense from that standpoint and getting those two picks they could end up being very valuable in the future would make sense for the jazz's rebuild, here's what a starting five could look like for the lakers if they made this move immediately you could get two guys who could be starters on your roster and you could argue that you could start Jordan Clarkson or patrick Beverley in this lineup as well.
So the lakers would get some players who could play important rotational minutes and in this scenario either starting five as Mike Conley, austin Rivers, Bojan bogdanovic, LeBron James and Anthony Davis, because I think that reeves his three-point shooting along with his defense could allow him to earn a starting role now when you talk about the players who the lakers would be adding in this trade you look at Mike Conley a veteran guard who's a good floor spacer he's also a good play maker then you look at Jordan Clarkson he's a bucket getting guard who can have struggles with efficiency but when he's on he can make some really tough shots Bojan bogdanovic averaged almost 20 a game over this past season.
He plays good defense he could be an impactful player for la then patrick Beverley he's a guy who's a tenacious defender can hit a three here or there and will overall provide a lot of energy to your team and help you make those winning plays and help you compete night in and night out and the other thing is the lakers would have their stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis and adding in complementary players around those guys they can really benefit off of playing with LeBron and anthony davis.
If you have LeBron James on your team and you get some shooters to surround him so that when he drives to the rim if the defense collapses he can kick out or if you have Anthony Davis in the post, and he gets double teamed he has shooters to kick it out to that's ideal plus you'd have some other role players on the roster guys like Kendrick Nunn Thomas Bryant austin Rivers Lonnie walker iv Damian jones Stanley Johnson you'd have some guys you could go to for rotational minutes there another guy who could end up playing his way into some big rotational minutes for the lakers is Juan Toscano Anderson he's a player who plays with a lot of hustle and will make those winning plays do the little things that can help your team win.
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