The NBA season is a month old now, so teams are starting to get an idea of who they can be with the trade deadline less than three months away. The Los Angeles Lakers are a little behind in that department, considering Tuesday was their first game where everyone was healthy. ESPN's Dave McMenamin wrote that the "real work" begins now for the Lakers as they determine "what needs to be shored up for the second half of the season."
A team source told McMenamin, "There's just a lot of data right now that we just don't have.