Yes, depending on if we can give away D'Lo/Gabe/Vando for Zo and Vuc. I'd also wonder what else is in the table before pulling the trigger

And hopefully if Zo is good but Vando not so

what if this is on the table ?

I'd take that over the Lonzo deal but I'd still be concerned with center minutes

I'd hope the Zo and Vuc combo could add scoring/stretching the floor and perimeter defense

DFS and Day'Ron Sharpe from the Nets are my ideal targets

I'm also interested in Dejounte Murray but Pelicans would never do it

Lonzo would be by third option. High risk, high reward.

Rob has so many options.

Notable names Lakers are possibly interested in:

Guards:

Dejounte Murray
Bruce Brown
Lonzo Ball
Malcolm Brogdon
Collin Sexton

Wings:

Dorian Finney-Smith
Cam Johnson
Jerami Grant
Kyle Kuzma

Centers:

Jonas Valanciunas
Robert Williams III
Nick Richards
Day’Ron Sharpe

How Max Christie Shut Down Ja Morant

F Lonzo. Trashing Kobe

"Trading for Jonas and DFS/and or Cam Johnson are the most realistic acquisitions in any trade.

Lakers linked to Walker Kessler, Sexton, Bruce Brown, Jerami Grant, Rob Williams, and Kuzma in recent weeks."

via Jovan Buha

I like the Utah or Portland package personally

Christian Wood is progressing and will practice live against coaching associates this week. He won’t go to Sacramento

JJ Redick says Jaxson Hayes is working on strengthening his ankle. There will be an update on his return to play next week.

LeBron James and Anthony Davis went through individual workouts with assistant coach Greg St. Jean. The plan is for them to practice with the team tomorrow

"Rui Hachimura is viewed as a longer-term piece. I don’t think that means they would not trade him, but among the four midsize salaries the Lakers can trade between now and January 15 (Rui, Gabe Vincent, D’Angelo Russell and Jarred Vanderbilt), Rui is the guy they prefer to keep as the longest-term piece"

via Jovan Buha

As he should be out of that group.

"Ham said he was “disappointed” and that it was “crazy” that he didn’t get an opportunity to grow in the seat.

“To do as well as I did, I swear to God, anywhere else I’m probably looking at an extension with what I did,” Ham said. “I’m not talking about feelings. I’m talking actual facts. They go from not making it to the playoffs to the final four in the NBA, the conference finals. And then you win the in-season tournament, navigate through all the injuries and win both of your play-in games to get to the playoffs.

“People always talk about us losing to Denver, but they never talk about how we got to Denver. We beat a kick-ass young squad in Memphis and we beat Golden State.”

andscape.com/features/milwaukee-bucks-assistant-coach-darvin-ham-in-a-great-space-in-return-to-coaching

"I’m not a mudslinger and I’m not going to wait until I’m 51 to become one,” Ham said. “You feel like you did enough to sustain in one spot. I felt like I did that. I get it. The franchise I’m working for, the expectations can be unrealistic at certain points in time.

To be 33-49 when I was hired, with an unbalanced roster, turn that around, make it to the Western Conference finals. The very next year we were a plus-10 in wins, going from 33-49 to 43-39. And guys got paid on my watch. It went from a lot of unknown scenarios to I think we have a little bit of a core. And then we got hit with the injury bug like crazy last season. We might have been Top 5 in games lost to injury.

“It’s being reported like I’m just throwing some lineups up against the wall to see what sticks. No man, we were really navigating a lot from guys being hurt to having the oldest player in the league James to navigating A.D.’s injury history. It was a lot."

“Some of the s— that was coming out? Wow, bro I don’t know X’s and O’s? I was winging it. Dude, that was the most disappointing stuff, how mean and so much stuff people are saying online. The best thing I could do was block out the outside noise,” Ham said.

Meanwhile, the Lakers are off to a 14-12 record under first-year coach J.J. Redick.

Ham said that while he has kept in touch with several of his former players, he has not had a conversation of note with James and Davis since he left.

Even so, Ham says he wishes the Lakers the best and has “no ill will.” The Bucks host the Lakers on March 13, 2025, and visit Los Angeles on March 18, 2025.

“I haven’t talked to anybody,” Ham said. “When we played them in the preseason, I said hello to a couple of guys. Jaxson Hayes, Cam Reddish, DLo D’Angelo Russell, Gabe Vincent. But not really, man. LeBron ran past the bench and we had a little bit of small talk.

“There is no ill will for me. Their situation is what it is.”

Congrats to former Lakers coach Ham and his guy Taurean Prince

Need Kessler back in that deal too

Why are the Lakers getting talked about so much rn lmao