It’s an oversimplification, but a real fork in the road moment for the Lakers was when they opted to trade for Russell Westbrook over DeMar DeRozan. There is more involved and Magic Johnson’s retelling of the story is legitimately hilarious in how impossible what he claimed he wanted to do, but in the years since the trade, all parties can’t help but wonder how different things would be if Rob Pelinka had a mulligan.
Just a day or so ago, Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report offered up that apparently the Lakers are interested in DeMar DeRozan and Nikola Vucevic.