The Los Angeles Lakers have been prevalent in rumors as the trade deadline and buyout market approach. Common themes in players L.A. has an interest in are lengthy, versatile big men, like Myles Turner and Andre Drummond.
Rumors connecting the Lakers to a 3-and-D wing like P.J. Tucker have also surfaced on several occasions, though that door has been closed shut as the Houston Rockets dealt Tucker to the Milwaukee Bucks.
A position where rumors have stayed relatively quiet is the guard slot. The Lakers currently have Dennis Schroder, Alex Caruso and Talen Horton-Tucker as their ball-handling guards, as L.