Once the 2019-20 NBA trade deadline passed, the Los Angeles Lakers quickly focused on the buyout market in order to make improvements to the team.
Though the Lakers failed to bring in someone initially, they were able to land Markieff Morris after he was released by the Detroit Pistons.
Morris undoubtedly filled a need for the Lakers as a big forward who can shoot the ball and potentially defend some of the bigger wing players whom they might see in the 2020 NBA playoffs. Joining the Lakers after being with the Pistons was certainly a big move up for Morris and he sacrificed a lot of money in order to do so.