As Malik Monk continues his breakout season in Los Angeles, seemingly everyone in the Lakers organization wants to claim that they were the first to want him in purple and gold.
Frank Vogel has made note that the team tried to trade for him at the trade deadline last season, something reiterated in a piece by Jovan Buha of The Athletic in which it was revealed the team tried to trade for him in 2019-20 as well.
LeBron James jumped in and talked about how he and then-Lakers assistant coach Jason Kidd watched film on Monk last season and pushed for the team to trade for him.