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With front office personnel leaving Orlando and the G League Showcase, trade talk is now in full swing around the league. Let’s break down some of the latest talk around the league.
Bucks looking at adding Zach LaVine
While most fans (and plenty of content producers) are heading to trade machines looking for ways to get Giannis Antetokounmpo out of Milwaukee, the Bucks are in “desperate pursuit” of ways to bring in talent, re-energize the 11-18 team, and make Antetokounmpo happy (or, at least, less unhappy).
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Enter Zach LaVine, reports NBA insider Chris Haynes, who reported this:
“The Milwaukee Bucks are in desperate pursuit, looking out on the trade market to see if they can bring in a difference-maker type of player. Sources have relayed they are canvassing the market, and one of the guys I identified is Zach LaVine of the Sacramento Kings.”
While LaVine is available, there have been no serious talks between the sides, Hayes reports. It would be a difficult trade to construct because LaVine makes $47.5 million this season, it would likely require Kyle Kuzma, Bobby Portis and more heading out of Milwaukee (and maybe a third team involved).
Whether or not this specific deal comes together, it shows the Milwaukee front office’s mindset: they are not trading Antetokounmpo unless he demands it and forces them to, and instead they want to be buyers at the deadline.
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Lakers eying defensive wings Jones, Ellis
“Being able to contain the basketball is probably the most difficult thing for our team right now,” Lakers coach J.J. Redick said of his team’s point of attack defense after the Spurs eliminated the Lakers from the NBA Cup, a game in which San Antonio’s young guards blew by their defenders, touched the paint, and either made a shot or sprayed it out for an open 3-pointer.
It’s why the Lakers are looking hard at defensive wings, specifically good 3&D wings, Dan Woike of The Athletic reports. The challenge is that there aren’t many of those players, and all 29 other teams are interested in them as well.
The Pelicans’ Herb Jones is at the top of the list, but all reports out of New Orleans are that…
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