After already buying and selling for ahead Dorian Finney-Smith earlier this week, Rob Pelinka and the Los Angeles Lakers could also be going proper again to the lab.
Lakers author Anthony Irwin of ClutchPoints reported on Tuesday that the crew continues to actively pursue an improve at heart behind Anthony Davis. Irwin mentions that the Lakers have held inside conversations about 4 explicit names — Utah’s Walker Kessler, Portland’s Robert Williams III, Brooklyn’s Day’Ron Sharpe and Charlotte’s Nick Richards.
The Lakers have additionally been linked to Washington Wizards heart Jonas Valanciunas for months now. However Irwin provides that the Wizards at the moment are canvassing the league for a suggestion higher than the one which the Lakers could make, particularly after the purple and gold already gave up D’Angelo Russell and a number of other different property in Sunday’s trade with the Nets for Finney-Smith.
Kessler, Williams, Sharpe, and Richards are all shot-blocking facilities aged 27 or youthful who play on rebuilding groups. Of these names, Kessler could be the perfect asset as a 23-year-old true seven-footer who continues to be on his rookie deal (although Sharpe can also be a 23-year-old on his rookie contract, Richards is one other true seven-footer, and Williams is a former NBA Finals piece with the Boston Celtics).
The 18-13 Lakers don’t have a lot enamel on the 5 proper now behind Davis. Jaxson Hayes has been out since November with an ankle damage, Jarred Vanderbilt has not performed all 12 months due to foot and knee points, and Christian Koloko could be very low-upside as he works his means again into form from a blood-clot absence. It is usually doable that the Lakers will pursue other frontcourt upgrades ahead of the Feb. 6 trade deadline.
