The Los Angeles Lakers are fairly guard heavy as the regular season inches closer by the day. The team currently has D’Angelo Russell, Jordan Clarkson, Lou Williams, Jose Calderon, and Marcelo Huertas in the backcourt, which is a lot of guys to split minutes between.
In that group, there is only one logical candidate to be moved. Clarkson and Russell are not going anywhere, Huertas wouldn’t seem to have much trade value, and the Lakers just got two second round picks for taking on Calderon. Williams, however, has a reasonable contract and would seem to be a better fit giving some contender scoring off of the bench rather than plying his trade for the lottery bound Lakers.