The Lakers’ chosen path of rebuilding, where they target the biggest names on the market and then lose out on all the lesser ones while they wait for a player who ultimately never comes to make his decision, hasn’t worked out as planned.
Their only recourse, then, is to try to add assets by trading for talent instead.
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But while L.A. certainly has the cap space to absorb players on big-money deals, they lack anything of substance to offer for guys who are truly valued in their current situation. For that reason, the Lakers are looking at a reclamation project like Roy Hibbert by talking trade with the Pacers.
ESPN sources say that the Lakers and Pacers are actively discussing a trade where L.A. would take Roy Hibbert into salary-cap space
After missing out on all of their free-agent targets, Lakers are talking trade with Pacers which would land them the former All-Star center
It was also reported that the trade would be complete "after the 9th" of July, according to Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.com.
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