The NBA’s trade deadline is Thursday, February 6th. That is, at the time of this writing, exactly a month away. On December 15th, the 40% of the league that signed contracts as free agents this past summer became trade eligible under NBA rules. You know what this means, right? IT’S TRADE RUMOR SEASON.
Act accordingly, ya’ll.
The latest rumor involves the Lakers and…you guessed it, Kyle Kuzma. I say it this way because Kuzma is the one Lakers player who actually has any real trade value. He’s young, his contract is cheap, he has obvious talent, and the question of fit on a roster where the team’s best players happen to play in the front court has been a question since the team traded for Anthony Davis.