Multiple reports suggest the Lakers are interested in multiple assets, leaving the door open for a pre-NBA trade deadline deal. Sports Illustrated’s Mark Morales-Smith believes the Lakers would be wise to consider acquiring a 33-year-old Golden State Warriors outcast in a LeBron James-centered trade.

A little-known provision in the NBA's rulebook means that passes thrown intentionally off the backboard to a teammate cannot be counted as assists.

Last February, the Dallas Mavericks management executed an astonishing trade by sending franchise icon Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers. Now, just a year later, the player the Mavericks acquired in that deal is set to leave Dallas.