Let’s be perfectly honest as the Feb. 19 trade deadline approaches in the NBA—the big, bad Los Angeles Lakers are sellers just playing out the string for the rest of the season.
After all, they check in at an abysmal 13-37 with 12 losses in their last 13 games, including two in a row in overtime.
Considering it is all about the future now for the Lakers, it is really no surprise that there are some rumors circulating. Here are a few of them.
Jeremy Lin
Sean Deveney of Sporting News provided an update on Jeremy Lin’s immediate future on the trade block: “He would make a good backup point guard, and the Lakers would move him if they could get an asset in return, but the market for Lin has been weak.”
The fact that Lin was Los Angeles’ headline move this past offseason probably has something to do with the team’s overall record. He would be a solid option off the bench, as Deveney mentions, but the NBA is loaded with top-notch point guards. That makes it difficult for the Lakers to win this positional battle on any given ni ...
Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - NBA
Article written by Scott Polacek
Lakers Rumors: Whispers from Los Angeles on Jeremy Lin, Goran Dragic and More
February 7th, 2015 by Scott Polacek Leave a reply »
Advertisement