Rudy Gay would be a very good alternative to Deng, and Gay is in the final year of his contract, although he does have a player option for 2017-18. That plan sounds good on the surface, but Deng has not played well during his first season in Los Angeles, and the team is already looking for ways to get out from under the four-year, $72 million deal they gave him this past July. The Los Angeles Lakers signed Luol Deng over the summer to man the small forward position until rookie Brandon Ingram is ready to take over. Once Deng becomes trade-eligible on December 15, this would be a legal transaction per NBA trade and salary cap constraints, as confirmed by the ESPN NBA Trade Machine. The structure of this rumored trade proposal is as follows: the Lakers would receive Rudy Gay, Ricky Rubio would head to the Kings, and the Timberwolves would acquire Luol Deng. Recent NBA trade rumors are buzzing about a possible deal between the Los Angeles Lakers, Sacramento Kings, and Minnesota Timberwolves.
The article reveals that one of the teams Rubio would like to go to is the Sacramento Kings, who are not strong at the point guard position. Jeff Green and Goran Dragic also are names to look out for.However, Sportsrageous reports that Rubio may have asked the team for a trade, citing the Timberwolves' lack of progress during his tenure in Minnesota.
Guess who might be back for a third time? Yup, Dwight Howard is ready to return and play center.
Carmelo Anthony is interested, just waiting on a call from the Lakers when free agency opens Monday. Trevor Ariza and Andre Iguodala are veteran wings who are candidates. Wayne Ellington is another shooter who has interest in rejoining the Lakers. He can shoot the lights out and would be great off the bench. “One name that is coming up is Patty Mills. “The Lakers need shooting,” Turner wrote. Thomas also mentioned Carmelo Anthony, Andre Iguodala and Trevor Ariza as other free agents with an interest in signing with the Lakers. Veteran Jared Dudley already was recruiting Howard on social media to come back west. This coincides with what Los Angeles Times’ Broderick Thomas reported about Howard’s interest in yet another return to the Lakers. The Lakers Have Been Linked to Several Additional Free Agents Including Anthony & Iguodala “Keeping Alex Caruso, though, will be very difficult for the Lakers given their extremely limited financial flexibility in the wake of the Westbrook deal and the considerable interest Caruso is expected to generate.” hunts for bargains (and shooters) to fill out the rest of its roster after trading for Russell Westbrook,” Stein noted. “In addition to what many regard as the inevitable return of Dwight Howard for a third go-round in Hollywood, San Antonio’s Patty Mills and Detroit’s Wayne Ellington are two prime free agents of interest for the Los Angeles Lakers as L.A. NBA insider Marc Stein described Howard potentially landing with the Lakers as “inevitable.” Stein also mentioned Patty Mills and Wayne Ellington as two more possible additions as the Lakers look to fill out their roster with veterans. Howard continues to be linked to a Los Angeles reunion with Andre Drummond hitting free agency. Howard’s Return to the Lakers Is Believed to be ‘Inevitable,’ Says Insider Howard was the top pick in the 2004 NBA Draft by the Magic. 8 pick by the Rockets in the 2006 NBA Draft and was quickly traded to the Grizzlies. 9 blocks in 17.3 minutes per game with the Sixers in 2020-21. Howard posted seven points, 8.4 rebounds and. Gay averaged 11.4 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.4 assists while shooting 38.1% from behind the arc coming off the bench for the Spurs last season. They are both versatile offensively, and they are the kind of long and athletic forwards that every team covets. But Gay and Porter are valuable role players on title-type teams.
So, perhaps the Jazz can get one of them. Porter is thought to be leaning to the Brooklyn Nets. “Gay is thought to be leaning toward the Los Angeles Lakers. But those names also come with caveats,” Jones explained. and Rudy Gay are two players the Jazz hold interest in. The Athletic’s Tony Jones reported Gay is believed to be “leaning towards the Los Angeles Lakers.” As free agency begins, the Lakers are the early favorites to land both Rudy Gay and Dwight Howard. The Los Angeles Lakers are beginning the bargain shopping process in free agency with LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook eating up the team’s cap space.