{"id":97827,"date":"2025-08-26T19:15:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T19:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/97827\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T19:15:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T19:15:07","slug":"lakers-predicted-to-make-blockbuster-trade-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/97827\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers Predicted to Make Blockbuster Trade This Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_99nvumeun\">The Los Angeles Lakers always seem to be at the forefront when it comes to possibly acquiring some of the top stars in the league.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_5mhadrhk5\">More news: <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_klf9m0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/lakers\/news\/lakers-news-luka-doncic-eurobasket-competitors-reveals-why-la-star-is-so-hard-to-guard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luka Doncic EuroBasket Competitors Reveals Why LA Star is So Hard to Guard<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_9mlwvhj0z\">The Lakers always appear to be in a position to trade or acquire stars via free agency, and that was not different a few months ago when they\u00a0acquired\u00a0the\u00a0biggest stars of them all in Luka Doncic. That trade sent shockwaves throughout the entire sports world.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_hoag3up4v\">Now, Doncic\u00a0is locked in\u00a0for at least the next three years, and the Lakers hope he is locked in until he decides to call it quits. The goal for the Lakers now is to build the best possible roster to surround Doncic to help him get LA over the top.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_4cwfrzew8\">LA always seems to be in line to make a massive trade, and NBA insiders on ESPN predict the Lakers to be a team to make a big move before the deadline.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_3g9t5dmgk\">The Golden State Warriors received the most votes with seven, while the Lakers received the second-most with five.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_ryfqadbef\">&#8220;The Lakers, who are transitioning into the\u00a0<a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_klf9m0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3945274\/luka-doncic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Luka Doncic<\/a>\u00a0era, have maintained a few first-round sweeteners that\u00a0can be used\u00a0to get a deal done as LeBron James&#8217; expiring contract looms. For the Cavaliers&#8217; situation, disappointment and desperation can breed movement. If they fear their high-value core four won&#8217;t get it done in the playoffs again, they may decide to flip one and change up the mix.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_zs1nec79x\">More news: <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_klf9m0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/lakers\/news\/lakers-shaquille-o-neal-sends-2-word-message-to-nikola-jokic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lakers&#8217; Shaquille O&#8217;Neal Sends 2-Word Message To Nikola Jokic<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_a26h3vw74\">The Lakers acquired three key players this offseason who they believe can help them this season. However, how things transpire at the start of the season will tell us a lot about their direction moving forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_fcsk778xs\">LA possesses a top duo in the league in Doncic and LeBron James, so\u00a0it&#8217;s safe to say that\u00a0they believe they can perform for a title this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_t26bswr56\">If the Lakers prove to be in the hunt for the title, president of basketball operations and general manager Rob Pelinka will do what they can to add to their roster to better complement Doncic and James.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_taqn17ui2\">The Lakers have\u00a0arguably\u00a0two top-ten players on their team.\u00a0If they can stay healthy throughout the course of the grueling 82-game season, then maybe LA could surprise some people this upcoming season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_t5yrewumt\">For more news and notes on the Los Angeles Lakers, visit\u00a0<a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_klf9m0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/lakers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Los Angeles Lakers on SI<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Lakers always seem to be at the forefront when it comes to possibly acquiring some&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-97827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}