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Lakers Targeting 2 Big Name Centers For Blockbuster NBA Trade

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The Los Angeles Lakers have gotten off to a 5-4 start to the NBA season.

After they kicked things off this year with a 3-0 run, many thought this group had all the talent necessary to comPete for a title.

They’ve gone 2-4 since then, and now chatter has started regarding a possible trade for Giannis Antetokounmpo.

If Antetokounmpo doesn’t materialize for them — Los Angeles also has two other potential trade targets in mind.

According to NBA insider Jake Fischer, there are two big name centers worth keeping an eye on as it pertains to L.A.

“The Lakers, I definitely think are a team that are going to be a factor in the trade market,” Fischer said. “… The trade things that we absolutely know to be true… D’Angelo Russell is going to be on the block and is going to be available as outgoing salary and roughly $20 million to play with there for the Lakers.

“And the center spot is a spot that we know Los Angeles has been looking to upgrade and will be looking to upgrade,” Fischer continued. “We mentioned Brook Lopez at the top of the show… He is someone that I was told was on the Lakers’ list of potential center targets and acquisitions this past summer.”

Aside from Lopez, L.A. has its eye on one other notable big man.

“Jonas Valanciunas is another name I would keep an eye on for the future there, who is starting in Washington and signed a deal right around the mid-level exception that is very tradeable,” Fischer continued. “And someone that I was told over the summer was on the Lakers internal board of center options.”

Will the Lakers actually be able to get Lopez or Valanciunas when everything is said and done? Time will tell.

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