With the Los Angeles Lakers struggling without LeBron James, recent Lakers rumors have been about what their plan going into the trade deadline would be. Without James, the Lakers have a record of 5-10, and have fallen way down in the Western Conference standings.
Despite not having James for the last 15 games, the Lakers are by no means out of it in the playoff hunt. Since the Lakers do have James and the expectations of making the playoffs, they would surely like to improve before the deadline.
Recently, Bill Oram of The Athletic spoke about the two types of deals that the Lakers are interested in making.