The Los Angeles Lakers will have four players whose trade restriction will be lifted.
Dec. 15 is an important date for Deandre Ayton, Jake LaRavia, Marcus Smart, and Jaxson Hayes. For those four key free agents signings of the Los Angeles Lakers, trade restrictions will be lifted entirely and Rob Pelinka can begin dangling them in trade offers, if necessary.
The Lakers have made it no secret that they want to see banner 18 hanging in the rafters upon the conclusion of the 2025-26 campaign.