{"id":14056,"date":"2024-10-18T02:20:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T02:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=14056"},"modified":"2024-10-18T02:20:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T02:20:53","slug":"breaking-lakers-linked-to-215-million-star-amid-stellar-preseason-play-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=14056","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Lakers Linked to $215 Million Star Amid Stellar Preseason Play: Report.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2173594928-e1729180346467.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2173594928-e1729180346467.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2173594928-e1729180346467.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2173594928-e1729180346467.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Rob Pelinka, JJ Redick\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"166\" data-dom-ready-time=\"244\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>Lakers GM Rob Pelinka, and head coach JJ Redick answer questions during a press conference.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chicago Bulls\u2018 rejuvenated star\u00a0Zach LaVine\u00a0is once again linked to the\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0amid his stellar preseason play.<\/p>\n<p>Trade talks between the Bulls and the Lakers for LaVine are likely to resume again, Clutchpoint\u2019s Anthony Irwin reported on Thursday, October 17.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne name league sources say to keep an eye on is Zach LaVine, who has played well in preseason in his return from foot surgery,\u201d\u00a0Irwin wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChicago and the Lakers held trade talks last season and briefly over the summer, and sources say those talks will almost assuredly pick up back this year with LaVine looking healthy again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LaVine appears to have fully recovered from his right foot surgery in February.<\/p>\n<p>In three preseason games so far, LaVine is averaging 18.0 points on 55\/60\/100 shooting split in 23.9 minutes. He\u2019s also producing 3.3 assists against 1.3 turnovers, 2.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals. More importantly, the Bulls have outscored their opponents by six points per 100 possessions when LaVine is on the court.<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s just preseason games, it has been encouraging to see LaVine getting closer back to his All-Star form after injuries limited him to just 25 games last season.<\/p>\n<p>Lakers front office led by general manager and vice president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka might have to act fast before LaVine\u2019s value improves if his stellar play continues.<\/p>\n<p>The two-time NBA All-Star guard has three years and $138 million remaining in his\u00a0five-year $215 million contract with a $48.9 million player option for the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Lakers\u2019 Potential Zach LaVine Trade Package<\/h2>\n<p>Since the Lakers are over the first apron, they cannot take back more salary in a trade than it sends out.<\/p>\n<p>To get to LaVine\u2019s $43 million salary for this season, it would cost the Lakers three of their rotation players \u2014\u00a0D\u2019Angelo Russell,\u00a0Rui Hachimura\u00a0and either\u00a0Jarred Vanderbilt\u00a0or\u00a0Gabe Vincent,\u00a0Los Angeles Times\u2019 Dan Woike wrote in September.<\/p>\n<p>A 3-for-1 trade will also open up two roster spots for the Lakers, who still have the $5.2 million taxpayer midlevel exception.<\/p>\n<p>If the Lakers opt to keep Vanderbilt than Vincent, Markell Fultz, Dennis Smith Jr. and Pat Beverley, who has an NBA opt-out clause in his Tel Aviv contract, could be their options to fill up their point guard holes.<\/p>\n<p>They can even pick up a center in the free agent market, which Lakers coach JJ Redick is seeking to help\u00a0Anthony Davis\u00a0in their frontcourt using the other roster spot.<\/p>\n<p>All three veterans are defensive-minded point guards who can complement\u00a0Austin Reaves in their backcourt.<\/p>\n<p>LeBron James, Reaves or even LaVine can also function as their point guards in non-traditional lineups if they make the trade.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>LeBron James Was Open to Zach LaVine Trade<\/h2>\n<p>When the Lakers mulled their options at the February trade deadline, James was open to a trade for two guards who were linked to them at that time, according to The Athletic.<\/p>\n<p>One of them was the Bulls\u2019 two-time NBA All-Star guard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJames was also in support of the Lakers trading for Dejounte Murray or Zach LaVine \u2014 two Klutch Sports clients \u2014 in the weeks and months leading into the 2024 trade deadline, according to those sources,\u201d Sam Amick, Anthony Slater, and Jovan Buha reported on February 14.<\/p>\n<p>LaVine\u2019s injury-riddled season saw his trade value drastically drop. The Bulls desperately looked to unload him, but there were no takers.<\/p>\n<p>And despite James\u2019 interest in having LaVine as a teammate, the Lakers stood pat and did not make a move this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Will they change their stance now that LaVine is back in harness?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GettyLakers GM Rob Pelinka, and head coach JJ Redick answer questions during a press conference. 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