Welcome to Lakers Trade Target Watch, a (possibly) recurring series where we check in on Myles Turner, Buddy Hield, and more players that Los Angeles has been — and will continue to be — connected to all year.
One of the names the Lakers were most persistently linked to in Russell Westbrook trade rumors this summer was Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner. Los Angeles was reportedly on “the one-yard line” of a deal for Turner and his teammate Buddy Hield this summer before ultimately deciding not to go through with the move, and Turner has wanted to be a Laker badly enough that he pretty transparently argued for the Lakers to trade for him in a recent ESPN podcast appearance with Woj.