The Los Angeles Lakers stood pat at the NBA trade deadline despite reportedly being involved in multiple deals across the league. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Clippers cashed in their chips for New York’s Marcus Morris on deadline day and opened up some roster spots to potentially add players from the buyout market.
As it stands, the Lakers do not have any open roster spots but there are names to watch out for with regards to the buyout market that could force them to waive someone on their roster. According to Kevin O’Connor of The Ringer and Marc Stein of the New York Times, retired guard Darren Collison could be a potential Lakers target.
In addition to Collison, J.R. Smith is expected to get a workout with the Lakers, as reported a few weeks ago by Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson, and corroborated by Stein earlier today.
Collison could potentially fill the back-up point guard role that has gone back and forth between a collection of guards on the Lakers all season long. Meanwhile, Smith would give the Lakers added 3-point shooting and more depth on the wing to supplement Danny Green, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Alex Caruso.
