With the NBA trade deadline rapidly approaching, the clock is ticking louder and louder for the Lakers and the rest of the league to make moves before the final buzzer on Thursday, Feb. 10 at 12 p.m. PT. The Lakers have been mentioned in rumors across the league, but with very little in the way of valued, tradeable assets and many other teams still firmly in wait-and-see mode, reports and rumors have had the same central figures for the purple and gold.
On that note, The Athletic had a handful of reports on Tuesday that beat largely to the same drum, with a few new, smaller details mixed in.