The Lakers roster this season has been one that has woefully underperformed and, as a result, is in the need of some form of a shakeup. The risk of filling the team with veteran minimum signings means that some will hit — Malik Monk, Carmelo Anthony — and some will not — Kent Bazemore, DeAndre Jordan, Wayne Ellington — leaving the team in need of moving on from many of the latter.
As the team continues to look to improve the roster, those latter players remain at the center of the most likely trade rumors. Both Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report and longtime NBA reporter Marc Stein have provided recent trade rumor updates on the Lakers, largely surrounding their moves on the margins.