The Los Angeles Lakers have perhaps the NBA's brightest collection of stars in Luka Doncic, LeBron James, and Austin Reaves. They also have a .500 record and a bottom-five net efficiency rating since the beginning of December. That's a prime something's-gotta-give combo if I've ever seen one, and you'd think that thing—whatever it is—would give at some point between now and the Feb. 5 trade deadline.
Even if major moves aren't in the cards, this offense-leaning roster needs better balance, and this supporting cast could use more...well, support. That's why Rich Paul is hoping to see at least "some surface-level things" done to deepen this roster and better support these stars, as he said this week on the Game Over with Max Kellerman and Rich Paul podcast.