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\"Anthony<\/p>\n

Center remains on top of the Los Angeles Lakers\u2018 wish list.<\/p>\n

Amid the Lakers\u2019 reported interest in trading for Utah Jazz\u2018s young center Walker Kessler, a former Laker is also on their radar, according to Bleacher Report\u2019s Jake Fischer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe talked about the Lakers having interest in Brook Lopez this past summer,\u201d Fischer said on his \u201cNBA Insider Notebook\u201d live stream on Bleacher Report.<\/em><\/p>\n

Lopez, 36, is on an expiring $23 million salary this season.<\/p>\n

The Lakers could theoretically put together a trade package headlined by D\u2019Angelo Russell\u2018s $18.6 million expiring salary plus Jalen Hood-Schifino, a pick and another salary filler like Jaxson Hayes ($2.4 million)<\/p>\n

Brook Lopez Could Be Lakers\u2019 Perfect Complement to Anthony Davis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lopez is the stretch and bruising big man who, on paper, is the perfect complement to Anthony Davis in the Lakers\u2019 frontcourt.<\/p>\n

Lakers coach JJ Redick openly said in the summer that he wanted a bruising center to play next to Anthony Davis to counter the elite big men in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n

Lopez\u2019s numbers have slipped this season, but he\u2019s still a solid bet to stretch the floor for Davis and LeBron James under Redick\u2019s multi-layered offensive schemes.<\/p>\n

The veteran Bucks center is averaging 11.4 points, 5.0 rebounds and the league\u2019s third-best 2.6 blocks through the first five games of the season. His 3-point shooting is at a nine-year low 29.6% clip, but he\u2019s still making 1.6 3-pointers per game.<\/p>\n

The 7-foot-1 center played for the Lakers during the 2017-18 season before joining the Bucks and became the stretch, rim-protecting center on a championship team.<\/p>\n

But the Bucks are a shell of their 2021 championship team, as they are off to a horrendous 1-4 start.<\/p>\n

If they can\u2019t right the ship until the February trade deadline, the Bucks are a team to monitor, according to Fischer, with Lopez, Bobby Portis and Pat Connaughton as potential trade candidates.<\/p>\n

D\u2019Angelo Russell-led Package Would Not Interest Jazz: Report<\/strong><\/p>\n

While Bovada listed the Lakers as the odds-on favorite at +350 to land Kessler, it is easier to speculate than to execute such a trade when they are dealing with Jazz CEO Danny Ainge, who has earned notoriety for fleecing teams.<\/p>\n

According to Sam Amick of The Athletic, a potential trade package headlined by the Lakers starting point guard won\u2019t budge the Jazz to send Kessler to Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile our Jovan Buha recently reported the Lakers have interest in Kessler, a Jazz source indicated the possible framework of a deal \u2014 D\u2019Angelo Russell and multiple first-round picks \u2014 would not be of interest,\u201d Amick wrote.<\/em><\/p>\n

Amick noted that Jazz CEO Danny Ainge had a \u201chistory of going big, in a variety of ways\u201d when he was in Boston, which he brought with him to Utah.<\/p>\n

Ainge was the architect of the Celtics\u2019 2008 championship when he swung the blockbuster trades for Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen.<\/p>\n

Then he ushered in the Celtics rebuild by fleecing the Brooklyn Nets for the picks they used to select Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum in exchange for the aging Garnett and Paul Pierce.<\/p>\n

In his first two big moves as the Jazz\u2019s top decision-maker, he was able to extract eight first-round draft picks, including Kessler, trading away their former franchise stars Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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