The trade that the Los Angeles Lakers would have to send to get Jeremy Lamb:
Jeremy Lamb is not someone who has a lot of trade value and that is why the Los Angeles Lakers are probably interested in adding him. The team is not going to have to send Talen Horton-Tucker in order to get him and nor should they. That would be a bad trade for the Lakers.
The only real assets that the Pacers can realistically ask for is second-round picks and the Lakers can afford to trade up to two picks. One second-round pick or two does not really matter much, as the important thing here is how many players the Lakers would have to trade.
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To make this trade financially possible, the Lakers would have to trade Kendrick Nunn alongside two contracts. Nunn and one minimum contract falls $850,000 short of what the Lakers would have to send out in order to make it work, meaning the team has to add another player.
A potential package could be Nunn, Kent Bazemore, Avery Bradley and a second-round pick (or two) for Lamb. The Lakers would not only add Lamb in this situation but would also add an extra roster spot to sign a buyout player (Bradley is a release candidate) without having to pay more tax by releasing a guaranteed contract.
This is not a massive hurdle for LA but it certainly is part of the equation. As far as Lamb’s contract is concerned, he is on an expiring deal.