The Los Angeles Lakers can’t make any big trades until Dec. 15, when the players they signed over the summer become eligible to be moved, but the NBA trade rumor fireworks started a little earlier than that, when on Sunday night it was reported that the Lakers and Phoenix Suns had discussed a deal for Trevor Ariza that might include a third team.
But before anyone does anything regrettable like get their graphics intern to photoshop a former Laker into a Lakers jersey, maybe we shouldn’t get too far ahead of ourselves.