You know what’s better than perfectly executing Plan A? Perfectly executing Plan A and Plan B combined.
The Lakers have viewed Kyrie Irving as their ideal scenario this summer, but have also identified Buddy Hield and Eric Gordon as viable Plan B alternatives. However, those moves are not necessarily independent of one another.
Moves for Kyrie Irving or one of the other sharpshooters are not thought to be mutually exclusive as the Lakers are leaving open the possibility that they can pull off trades for both. In his latest episode of The Lowe Post, Zach Lowe of ESPN welcomed on colleague and Lakers beat writer Dave McMenamin to talk about the current state of affairs with the franchise.