On February 22, 2022, Beijing time, the NBA All-Star Weekend has ended, and all teams are enjoying this last holiday, and they are about to reach the sprint stage of the regular season, and all teams want to get good results at the end of the season. Before the deal deadline, the Lakers have not made much movement, and so far there has not been much movement in the buyout market, which has also made many fans very anxious!
In fact, at the time of the trade deadline, the Lakers are actually hopeful to trade back to rocket guard John Wall with Westbrook and a future first-round pick. But the deal didn't work out, in large part because the Lakers didn't want to pay for the first round pick.
And recently the famous mouth Steven A. Smith spoke about the Westbrook deal on the show, saying: "Rich Paul called me yesterday to tell me something about the Westbrook deal and he wanted me to emphasize that it wasn't true, that he never did that, that the people who wrote the news never contacted him and never got any opinion from him! ”
And Smith also said: "It's definitely a lie, he said' can you do me a favor, quote me, tell the world that I made it clear that it was a damn lie, that it wasn't true, it never happened.'" "It is true that there was the most rumored period about the Westbrook trade at that time, and there was news that James and Rich Paul were pushing for the Westbrook trade, but from the current point of view, it seems that it is not James and Rich Paul who are driving the trade, it may be the Lakers themselves!
For the current Lakers, they have little room to change, even if they can sign players in the buyout market, it is difficult to bring qualitative changes to the team, coupled with Davis's suspension due to injury, the team may really be more and more difficult this season, even if it does not enter the playoffs in the end, it is really expected!