Los Angeles Lakers: 5 potential trade packages for Patrick Beverley
By Jason Reed
The Los Angeles Lakers are looking to improve at the trade deadline and don’t have many assets to trade. Perhaps the best asset to trade from a contract standpoint is Patrick Beverley, who is making $13 million on an expiring contract.
Beverley himself may not have a massive amount of trade value but the fact that he is on an expiring contract does. Los Angeles is not going to get some massive return for Beverley but they could get creative with including Beverley in a trade package.
The veteran guard is certainly the most likely Laker to be traded before the February 9 deadline. Thus, let’s dive into what some potential trades could look like while staying in the realm of realism.
5 potential Patrick Beverley trade packages for the Los Angeles Lakers:
The Los Angeles Lakers might be working on something bigger with the Detroit Pistons that could involve Bojan Bogdanovic. However, if the team does make a smaller move they should attempt to make a one-for-one swap for Alec Burks.
This Lakers team desperately lacks three-point shooting and Burks is someone who would instantly provide just that. Burks is shooting 44.4% from beyond the arc this season in 4.4 attempts per game. He is shooting a combined 41.5% from three over the last three seasons, so it is not a fluke.
Two second-round picks is a fair price for Burks, who has one more year under contract at $10.4 million. Los Angeles can actually remain flexible with Burks as well as that final season is a club option.
The Lakers would still have a second-round pick from the Bulls (as well as the Pelicans’ first-round pick after the swap) so they are not sacrificing too much draft capital.