The whirlwind of free agency has quieted to a mild breeze, as most big names have either re-signed with their respective teams or found new homes, while the Los Angeles Lakers languished in a more or less static state.
Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report offered a trade proposal on Wednesday, July 3, that would change that by taking on two substantial salaries from the Portland Trailblazers via the acquisitions of Jerami Grant and Robert Williams III.
“Both would fill needs as big, capable defenders, although Grant has primarily been a scorer since leaving the Denver Nuggets for the Detroit Pistons in 2020,” Pincus wrote. “A combination of D’Angelo Russell, Rui Hachimura, Jalen Hood-Schifino and Christian Wood would be enough salary to bring back Grant and Williams without trigging a first-apron hard cap, though the Lakers would be hard-capped. That could require [LeBron] James to take about $4-17 million below the max, though.”
