{"id":20401,"date":"2024-12-25T07:11:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T07:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=20401"},"modified":"2024-12-25T07:11:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T07:11:00","slug":"breaking-surprising-los-angeles-lakers-report-claims-team-has-moved-on-from-trade-theyve-been-rumored-to-make-for-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=20401","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Surprising Los Angeles Lakers report claims team has moved on from trade they\u2019ve been rumored to make for weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An interesting new report suggests the Los Angeles Lakers are no longer interested in making a trade for a player they have been linked to for weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The first half of the Lakers 2024-25 season was always expected to be up-and-down. In the summer, the organization chose not to make major moves to the roster and instead decided a head coach change was the remedy to their problems from last season.<\/p>\n<p>However, they replaced Darvin Ham with NBA veteran JJ Redick. A former ESPN analyst who has no head coach experience at any level. Nevertheless, the team enters their Christmas Day game against the Golden State Warriors with a 16-13 record. And signs that this team can get better as the synergy between the roster and their new coach improves.<\/p>\n<p>For months the organization has been linked to various trade rumors, with the most prominent in recent weeks being a move for an impact big man. A lot of the speculation specifically pointed to Washington Wizards center Jonas Valanciunas.<\/p>\n<p>However, on Monday, Lakers reporter Jovan Buha suggested the organization was never interested in the 13-year-veteran.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Jonas Valanciunas stats (2024):\u00a0<\/strong>11.6 PPG, 7.9 RPG, 2.2 APG, 0.8 BPG<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"h-have-los-angeles-lakers-moved-on-from-jonas-valanciunas-trade\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Have Los Angeles Lakers moved on from Jonas Valanciunas trade?<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/NBA-Washington-Wizards-at-Cleveland-Cavaliers-24980969.jpg?w=788\" alt=\"los angeles lakers\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019ve been saying as more time passes it\u2019s felt like the Jonas situation has been more of a smoke screen. It\u2019s now Christmas Eve and the Lakers could have had Valanciunas nine days ago,\u201d Buha said in a YouTube post. \u201cSo the fact that they haven\u2019t, that is making me feel with each passing day it\u2019s probably less likely that Valanciunas ends up a Laker. And that\u2019s fine in my opinion because I think he is too defensively limited.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonas Valanciunas contract: Three years, $30. 2 million<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Valanciunas has been seen as a top name on the Los Angeles Lakers trade wishlist for quite some time.<\/p>\n<p>However, on Dec. 15 he became eligible to be traded. Yet, nothing has happened in the week since so it is understandable why Buha believes the rumors were just that.<\/p>\n<p>Recent reports have suggested the Wizards may have been looking for more than just second-round picks in a potential trade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An interesting new report suggests the Los Angeles Lakers are no longer interested in making a trade for a player they have been linked to for weeks&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Breaking: Surprising Los Angeles Lakers report claims team has moved on from trade they\u2019ve been rumored to make for weeks - 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