2. The Los Angeles Lakers need to fill out a complete roster
The Los Angeles Lakers are going to be a contending team with LeBron James and Anthony Davis and it would be shocking if the team did not make some improving move that helps their chances next season.
The most likely move to make is a Dennis Schroder sign-and-trade, as the team can use his Bird Rights to essentially bring in another free agent on the team. This would take a player like Mike Conley or Kyle Lowry wanting to force their way to LA, but it could happen and has happened before.
The problem with a sign-and-trade, which is really the only way for the Lakers to add a truly impactful player unless they want to just run it back with Schroder, is that the Lakers become hard-capped at the tax apron. They cannot go over, and with Luol Deng’s $5 million cap hit, it gets close.
We fell just under it in our dream offseason pitch earlier this week.
Adding two players for cheaper makes it easier for the Lakers to put together an entire roster. Sure, they may not be rotation players right away but it would help the team get from 12-13 players on the roster to 14-15.
We know they would have potential if the Los Angeles Lakers drafted them, so for that reason, it may make more sense for the Lakers to go this route.