Lake Show Life
Fansided

Los Angeles Lakers: How to trade for DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry

By Jason Reed

LAS VEGAS, NV - JULY 27: DeMar DeRozan (L) #35 and Kyle Lowry #43 of the United States attend a practice session at the 2018 USA Basketball Men's National Team minicamp at the Mendenhall Center at UNLV on July 27, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV - JULY 27: DeMar DeRozan (L) #35 and Kyle Lowry #43 of the United States attend a practice session at the 2018 USA Basketball Men's National Team minicamp at the Mendenhall Center at UNLV on July 27, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /
facebooktwitterreddit
Prev
2 of 4
Next
(Photo by Ronald Cortes/Getty Images) – Los Angeles Lakers
(Photo by Ronald Cortes/Getty Images) – Los Angeles Lakers /

How the Los Angeles Lakers can trade for DeMar DeRozan:

Again, DeRozan does have the ball in his court as he has the ability to demand a sign-and-trade to the Los Angeles Lakers, telling the Spurs he will leave either way and this way they can get something for him. As long as the Spurs are smart, they should say yes.

San Antonio still needs a valuable return in this deal. It makes no sense for the Spurs to take on a trade that puts them in a worse situation financially. Flipping DeRozan for a young asset as well as a shooter that can be flipped to another contender for more assets could be the way to go.

If DeRozan had time left on his contract this probably would not be enough. However, without that leverage, the Spurs would be much more likely to take this deal as long as they are okay with the idea of helping the Lakers. I do not see why they wouldn’t be as they are not contending anyways.

Gregg Popovich compared Kuzma to a young Manu Ginobili (seriously) and obviously likes the young forward. If there is going to be anyone in the league to get the most out of Kuzma it is going to be Popovich.

That is the main piece this deal is centered around. KCP is thrown in for salary reasons and could be flipped at the deadline to a different contender for more assets.

DeRozan would have to take a pay cut for this to happen but his comments indicate that he is willing to do so. He has to take one for this to be possible. A two-year, $40 million contract that is backloaded but has a player option for year two is possible. In this instance, we will assume he makes $18 million next season.

Home/Lakers Rumors