Well, well, well. What do we have here? Lakers looking for the next Kobe Bryant? I’m just saying.
As Dion Waiters takes his unnoticed talent to Oklahoma City. Brett Pollakoff of ProBasketballTalk has reported that the Los Angeles Lakers were actually in the hunt for Dion Waiters. Is Swaggy P not enough for you?!
The Lakers have the cap space to add a superstar in free agency, but so far, none have chosen to come willingly to play alongside Kobe Bryant in the twilight of his career. That means in order to rebuild quickly, L.A. would need to trade for talent that’s currently under contract for the next couple of seasons.
But there are almost no assets the Lakers have that would get the type of talent back they are seeking.
It’s evident that Waiters was a problem child who wasn’t a fit for the Cavaliers. But he’s a talent on a rookie scale deal that the Lakers were willing to take a flier on, and Cleveland took on J.R. Smith’s questionable skill set and troublesome contract simply to send him away.
Pollakoff also mentioned that the Lakers actually went for Rajon Rondo as well but clearly fell short.
The problem is simple. No. Not Kobe. I repeat. Kobe. Bryant. Is NOT the problem with the Lakers. It’s the assets. THERE ARE NONE! They have no assets. Even if you consider Ronnie Price an asset. What trade weight does he have? And don’t look to Boozer and Lin. Nobody in their right mind would touch that at the moment.
The Lakers only chance of getting players is in the free agency when no teams are part of the equation. Because at the moment. The Lakers are that kid in the lunch Hall that’s sitting on thier own.
