The Los Angeles Lakers have been given a massive lifeline in the 2022 offseason. After missing the Playoffs in embarrassing fashion last season, the Lakers might be in a position where they have no assets on the team to improve but they can still manage to pull off some serious business due to unfortunate situations around the league.
The most unfortunate situation comes in Brooklyn where Kevin Durant has requested to be traded from the team, a few days after Kyrie Irving accepted his player option to remain for another season with Brooklyn. All of that has changed with KD’s trade request.
Many suggest KD may fetch the most expensive trade package in NBA history due to the length of his contract extension that he signed last season. Despite that, Brian Windhorst believes the LA lakers may end up with not just one of them, but with both of them with a massive trade package.