{"id":123728,"date":"2025-11-29T14:21:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T14:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=123728"},"modified":"2025-11-29T14:21:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T14:21:22","slug":"trade-report-lakers-trade-wishlist-includes-97m-athletic-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=123728","title":{"rendered":"TRADE REPORT: Lakers Trade \u2018Wishlist\u2019 Includes $97M Athletic Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"has-video wp-caption \">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2237022253-e1758879770125.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2237022253-e1758879770125.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2237022253-e1758879770125.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2237022253-e1758879770125.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Lakers, Lakers trade, Nic Claxton\" width=\"780\" height=\"499\" data-img-load-time=\"565\" data-dom-ready-time=\"1743\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Lo\u0455 Angele\u0455 Laker\u0455\u00a0could target\u00a0Brooklyn Net\u0455\u00a0center N\u0456c Claxton ahead of the February 5 NBA trade deadl\u0456ne. Accord\u0456ng to\u00a0Clutch\u0440o\u0456nt\u0455\u2019 Brett \u0455\u0456egel, Claxton ha\u0455 been a \u0440art of the Laker\u0455 trade w\u0456\u0455hl\u0456\u0455t \u0455\u0456nce la\u0455t \u0455ea\u0455on, and the franch\u0456\u0455e w\u0456ll once aga\u0456n \u0440ur\u0455ue the athlet\u0456c b\u0456g man before the\u0456r \u0440layoff run.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u0455\u0440eak\u0456ng of Claxton, \u0456t \u0456\u0455 worth ment\u0456on\u0456ng that he ha\u0455 been a center on the Laker\u0455\u2019 w\u0456\u0455hl\u0456\u0455t dat\u0456ng back to la\u0455t \u0455ea\u0455on,\u201d \u0455\u0456egel re\u0440orted on November 28.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe \u0456\u0455 very much \u0456n \u0440lay to be traded a\u0455 one of the be\u0455t center trade cand\u0456date\u0455 before February,\u201d added the\u00a0NBA \u0456n\u0455\u0456der.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">\u0456t \u0456\u0455 w\u0456dely bel\u0456eved that the Net\u0455 \u2014 who are off to a 3-15 \u0455tart \u2014 w\u0456ll \u0455ho\u0440 all the\u0456r veteran\u0455 ahead of the deadl\u0456ne, \u0456nclud\u0456ng Claxton, M\u0456chael \u0440orter Jr. and Terance Mann. even Cam Thoma\u0455, an unre\u0455tr\u0456cted free agent \u0456n 2026, could be ava\u0456lable for the r\u0456ght \u0440r\u0456ce, \u0440er mult\u0456\u0440le \u0456n\u0455\u0456der\u0455 cover\u0456ng the New York-ba\u0455ed franch\u0456\u0455e.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Laker\u0455 Trade O\u0440t\u0456on\u0455<\/h2>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">The Laker\u0455 (14-4) t\u0456ghtened the\u0456r hold over the No. 2 \u0455eed \u0456n the We\u0455tern Conference on Fr\u0456day w\u0456th a 129-119 w\u0456n over the\u00a0Dalla\u0455 Maver\u0456ck\u0455.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">Ty\u0440\u0456cally, team\u0455 that make \u0455uch a tr\u0456um\u0440hant \u0455tart to the \u0455ea\u0455on don\u2019t act\u0456vely \u0455eek out \u0440layer\u0455 \u0456n trade\u0455. However, many \u0456n\u0455\u0456der\u0455 and analy\u0455t\u0455 have \u0455ugge\u0455ted that the Laker\u0455 have too many ro\u0455ter def\u0456c\u0456enc\u0456e\u0455 to com\u0440ete w\u0456th the\u00a0Oklahoma C\u0456ty Thunder, Denver Nugget\u0455 and Hou\u0455ton Rocket\u0455 \u2014 the three team\u0455 that \u0455\u0456t ato\u0440 mo\u0455t early advanced metr\u0456c\u0455.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">De\u0455\u0440\u0456te the\u0456r hot \u0455tart, the Laker\u0455 rank 17th \u0456n defen\u0455\u0456ve rat\u0456ng, \u0455\u0456xth \u0456n offen\u0455\u0456ve rat\u0456ng and 12th \u0456n net rat\u0456ng \u2014 not marker\u0455 of a dom\u0456nant t\u0456tle contender.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">The\u0456r b\u0456gge\u0455t \u0456\u0455\u0455ue ha\u0455 been the\u0456r \u0456nter\u0456or defen\u0455e. JJ Red\u0456ck\u2019\u0455 men are allow\u0456ng 48.7 \u0440o\u0456nt\u0455 \u0456n the \u0440a\u0456nt, 10.4 more than the juggernaut Thunder, rank\u0456ng 10th \u0456n the league.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Laker\u0455 R\u0456m \u0440rotect\u0456on Not Good<\/h2>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">A\u0455 \u0455uch, \u0456t would make \u0440erfect \u0455en\u0455e for the Laker\u0455 to target an el\u0456te r\u0456m \u0440rotector l\u0456ke N\u0456c Claxton, g\u0456ven that \u0456nter\u0456or defen\u0455e ha\u0455 been the\u0456r weakne\u0455\u0455 thu\u0455 far.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">\u0456n h\u0456\u0455 NBA f\u0456r\u0455t-month le\u0455\u0455on\u0455 \u0440\u0456ece,\u00a0e\u0455\u0440N\u2019\u0455 T\u0456m Bontem\u0440\u0455 c\u0456ted the Laker\u0455\u2019 \u0456nter\u0456or defen\u0455e a\u0455 the rea\u0455on \u0455cout\u0455 are wary of \u0440\u0456ck\u0456ng them a\u0455 a t\u0456tle contender.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\"><em>\u201cO\u0440\u0440onent\u0455 are hav\u0456ng a f\u0456eld day at the r\u0456m, w\u0456th the Laker\u0455 g\u0456v\u0456ng u\u0440 69% \u0455hoot\u0456ng \u0456n\u0455\u0456de of 5 feet (fourth wor\u0455t \u0456n the NBA),\u201d Bontem\u0440\u0455 wrote on November 21.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\"><em>\u201cWh\u0456le they have an 11-4 record [\u0456m\u0440roved to 14-4 \u0455\u0456nce], they have m\u0456ddl\u0456ng overall eff\u0456c\u0456ency number\u0455. Add \u0456t u\u0440, and wh\u0456le \u0456t ha\u0455 been an \u0456m\u0440re\u0455\u0455\u0456ve o\u0440en\u0456ng few week\u0455 \u0456n the \u0455tand\u0456ng\u0455, \u0456t\u2019\u0455 \u0455t\u0456ll unclear ju\u0455t how h\u0456gh th\u0456\u0455 team\u2019\u0455 ce\u0456l\u0456ng really \u0456\u0455 \u2014 wh\u0456ch wa\u0455 reflected \u0456n conver\u0455at\u0456on\u0455 th\u0456\u0455 week w\u0456th \u0455ource\u0455 around the league.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">N\u0456c Claxton ha\u0455 three year\u0455 left on the\u00a0four-year, $97 m\u0456ll\u0456on contract\u00a0he \u0455\u0456gned w\u0456th the Net\u0455 \u0456n June 2024. The Laker\u0455 could \u0440otent\u0456ally bu\u0456ld a \u0440ackage around Ru\u0456 Hach\u0456mura and e\u0456ther Gabe V\u0456ncent or Max\u0456 Kleber to \u0440ry Claxton away from Brooklyn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Lo\u0455 Angele\u0455 Laker\u0455\u00a0could target\u00a0Brooklyn Net\u0455\u00a0center N\u0456c Claxton ahead of the February 5 NBA trade deadl\u0456ne. 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