The trade package to land Buddy Hield:
Just to make the money match the Los Angeles Lakers would have to trade Kendrick Nunn and two expiring contracts to the Kings. The most likely contracts to be traded in a deal like this are DeAndre Jordan and Kent Bazemore as the Lakers already want to trade those two to open up roster spots.
The Kings have no use for these two players and can just outright waive them. They add nothing to Sacramento and are just thrown in there for money reasons.
THT is the centerpiece of the deal when it comes to a player but as we mentioned, teams are not as interested in THT as the Lakers thought they would be (should have traded him 10 months ago for Kyle Lowry!!!). THT adds some value to the Kings, but the real value comes in the picks.
The Lakers are going to have to trade two first-round picks to get Hield off of Sacramento even if they do not think he is worth that much draft capital. The Kings hold all the leverage here and realistically speaking, the Lakers would have to overpay a bit as a division rival to keep Sacramento from trading him to an Eastern Conference team.
The Kings absolutely would say yes to a trade that has two first-round picks. The Lakers might try and protect that 2027 first-round pick but the Kings could probably force them to trade an unprotected pick.
The Lakers cannot outright trade their pick in the 2023 NBA Draft they can only offer a trade swap. If the pick is not good enough, Sacramento could roll it over to the next pick swap the Lakers can offer, the 2026 NBA Draft.