The Los Angeles Lakers are in the midst of rebuilding, but the franchise could still be active at the 2016 NBA trade deadline.
No one expected this team to be much better than its current 11-44 record, so nothing done will be out of panic. This isn't a disappointing squad now trying to sell off any asset it has, nor is it a potential contender looking for a missing piece. Still, you never know what will happen at the trade deadline.
Fans certainly had quite a scare earlier in the year when Brian Geltzeiler of HoopsCritic reported that D'Angelo Russell was being made available:
In taking to people around the league on who has been made available in trade talks a very surprising name has come up: DeAngelo Russell
— Brian Geltzeiler (@hoopscritic) January 28, 2016
You can rest easy, though, because Dan Woike of the Orange County Register reported that while none of Russell, Jordan Clarkson, Julius Randle and Larry Nance Jr.