{"id":448935,"date":"2023-01-03T17:01:17","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T17:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/?p=448935"},"modified":"2023-01-13T00:14:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T00:14:53","slug":"3-los-angeles-lakers-trade-scenarios-ahead-of-nba-trade-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/3-los-angeles-lakers-trade-scenarios-ahead-of-nba-trade-deadline","title":{"rendered":"3 Los Angeles Lakers trade scenarios ahead of NBA trade deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s been a ton of Los Angeles Lakers trade rumors through the first 2.5 months of the 2022-23 NBA season. Some of these rumors are laughable with suggestions that they will target someone like Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant. First off, Los Angeles doesn&#8217;t have the assets to pull off a deal like that ahead of the Feb. 9 NBA trade deadline. Secondly, players such as KD rarely become available in-season. Instead, general manager Rob Pelinka will have to work his magic to improve Los Angeles&#8217; roster behind LeBron James. It might require giving up at least one of the two first-round picks (2025 and 2027) that the Lakers have available. It also likely won&#8217;t be a blockbuster trade. At 16-21 on the season and as the 12th seed in the Western Conference, it&#8217;s clear that the Lakers need to make a move or two here within the next five weeks. Below, we look at three ideal scenarios. Related: Updated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s been a ton of Los Angeles Lakers trade rumors through the first 2.5 months of the 2022-23 NBA season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[255,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-448935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448935\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}