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Could the Los Angeles Lakers acquire LaMarcus Aldridge?

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 04: LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers goes for a layup against LaMarcus Aldridge #12 of the San Antonio Spurs during the game at Staples Center on February 4, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 04: LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers goes for a layup against LaMarcus Aldridge #12 of the San Antonio Spurs during the game at Staples Center on February 4, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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(Photo by Ronald Cortes/Getty Images) – Los Angeles Lakers
(Photo by Ronald Cortes/Getty Images) – Los Angeles Lakers

2. The San Antonio Spurs will not trade LaMarcus Aldridge to the Los Angeles Lakers

It takes two to tango and based on past trends it seems very unlikely that the San Antonio Spurs would willingly help out the Los Angeles Lakers and trade them someone they want to acquire (assuming they send an offer, of course).

The Spurs and Lakers have a decorated rivalry and we have seen stubbornness from the Spurs before. The Spurs wanted a grandfather offer from the Lakers for Kawhi Leonard that was much higher than they ended up getting from the Toronto Raptors. San Antonio essentially wanted the Anthony Davis package for one season of Kawhi, who at the time, had severe question marks around his health.

That is part of the problem — the Spurs’ unwillingness to willingly help the Los Angeles Lakers. The other part of the problem is that the Lakers do not have the contracts to acquire Aldridge and it actually make sense.

The Lakers would have to package Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and other contracts to just make this possible financially and the Lakers are not going to do that. While I am not against trading KCP for the right player (such as Victor Oladipo), trading him for LaMarcus Aldridge would simply be roster malpractice.

This gets into our third and final point for any Lakers fans that still might be holding onto the idea that the Lakers could make some sort of run for Aldridge.

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