What was shaping to be a sleepy NBA trade deadline quickly gained steam Thursday morning, with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Lakers at the center of the activity. The end result was the Lakers adding Isaiah Thomas, Channing Frye and a first-round pick in the 2018 NBA Draft.
But, more importantly for the Lakers, it puts them in a greater position of strength in terms of free agency this summer and next year’s class.
“This is what I came here to do, was to create flexibility for our organization so that one day we can have a superstar or two come to this organization with our incredible young talent that we have,” Lakers president of basketball operations Magic Johnson said.