Speculation about how much longer Kentavious Caldwell-Pope will be a member of the Los Angeles Lakers began to swirl on Sunday night, when trade rumors surfaced that Caldwell-Pope was being brought up in potential packages L.A. might use to acquire Phoenix Suns forward Trevor Ariza.
Those rumors were pushed back on a bit by the local media in Phoenix on Monday, and but then — predictably — they seemed to heat back up again on Tuesday night.
In between those peaks and valleys of rumormongering, the Lakers played a game on Monday night, and Caldwell-Pope didn’t have his best performance of the year, scoring 11 points on 11 shots before being benched in favor of Lance Stephenson, of all people.