Earlier this week, Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report wrote that the Lakers have interest in veteran point guard Patrick Beverley, should the Utah Jazz — as expected — make him available in the wake of their seemingly inevitable Donovan Mitchell trade.
However, one of the players on the Lakers whose contract would best fit in such a swap, Talen Horton-Tucker, is not someone the team has interest in sending to Utah for Beverley, according to NBA Insider Marc Stein’s latest dispatch on Substack:
While they continue to register the league’s only tangible trade interest in Brooklyn’s Kyrie Irving, it’s likewise true that the Lakers have prioritized adding speed, youth and athleticism to the roster.