Before making the incredibly sensible and reasonable trade to send Luka Don\u010di\u0107 to the Lakers, the Mavs have pieced together a formidable roster that made the Finals.<\/p>\n
For LA, there would be sound rationale, then, to potentially pick off some of the players that had success in Dallas with Luka and bring them to California. However, the front office looks to be set on building things out their own way.<\/p>\n
Reports about a hesitancy to bring in PJ Washington have already existed and, during a recent show on Bleacher Report<\/a>, Jake Fischer reiterated the Lakers\u2019 lack of interest in both Washington as well as center Daniel Gafford.<\/p>\n \u201cI know Lakers fans want to keep drawing a line to a trade with Dallas for either PJ Washington or Gafford because of their success with Luka Don\u010di\u0107. I really don\u2019t have any inclination that the Lakers have had trade talks about either of those guys of real consequence this offseason.\u201d<\/p>\n However you feel about Washington\u2019s fit on the Lakers, the team clearly feels his contract<\/a>, which runs through the 2029-30 season, is not worth trading for. On paper, he fills a need for the team, but that deal is guaranteed longer than anyone currently on the Lakers\u2019 roster, including Luka, Austin Reaves or Walker Kessler.<\/p>\n