All season, there have been varying degrees of buzz, speculation, rumors and everything in between connecting the Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls as potential trade partners on a deal involving Russell Westbrook.
Back in October, when discussing what deals the Lakers might potentially be waiting on in regards to why they didn’t do the Buddy Hield and Myles Turner trade with Indiana, Jovan Buha — one of the most well-sourced reporters on the Lakers beat — mentioned DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine as players the team was potentially hoping would become available if Chicago decided to blow up their roster and rebuild.