The Los Angeles Lakers head into NBA trade season with a clear directive. Sniff out the fix for their 20th-ranked defense, per NBA.com, and, considering the caliber of this club's offensive weapons, maybe L.A. has a championship parade to plan next summer.
The names most commonly cited as potential fixes are well known by now: Herb Jones on the high (perhaps unaffordable) end, and Keon Ellis on the lower end. But what if I told you the Lakers could solve this search without even having to look outside of the L.