This year, the Los Angeles Lakers stayed put at the trade deadline. They negotiated without rushing into any desperation move, waiting for something really worthy that never materialized.
Despite what people think and what was said about their needs, the Lakers feel happy with what they have. They believe they already have what is needed to win. So, unless something impossible to pass was proposed to them, they would have not taken any risk to disrupt the group they have put together this summer, which has built a strong bond through these months.
Word was that they especially needed someone to boost their bench.