With the Los Angeles Lakers last playoff appearance being in 2013, and last playoff game won in 2012, the team’s new front office hopes to turn the team’s fortunes around quickly this offseason. Trading away the young, high-ceiling, quickly developing players they’ve acquired in recent years should not be part of the plan.
After news broke Friday that Kawhi Leonard wants to be traded from the San Antonio Spurs, the Lakers’ offseason rumors have ramped up significantly, with much of the talk centered around forming a “Big 3” of LeBron James, Paul George, and Kawhi Leonard.