NBA Insider Doubles Down on Reported Lakers Trade Targets

The NBA trade deadline is rapidly approaching, and your Los Angeles Lakers seemingly will be right in the middle of it all. Los Angeles is expected to be one of the more active teams this season, and changes are likely coming to the roster.

Despite head coach Darvin Ham not believing that changes need to be made, the front office will surely make a move. They know that this team isn't good enough, and the Lakers have been linked with multiple intriguing trade prospects.

Some names include point guard Dejounte Murray from the Atlanta Hawks, Terry Rozier from the Charlotte Hornets, Tyus Jones from the Washington Wizards, and Bruce Brown from the Toronto Raptors. Each of these players could vastly help the Lakers, and NA Insider Shams Charania doubled down on the Lakers' interest in them all.

"The Lakers are doing their due diligence. Dejounte Murray, Bruce Brown Jr., Tyus Jones, Terry Rozier, I'm told those are names to keep an eye on."@ShamsCharania on the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Murray seems to be the most likely candidate for the Lakers, as he would easily help their perimeter defense. He also can score the ball well, and give them a nice, young All-Star-level point guard.

There has been a framework of a deal already talked about between the Lakers and Hawks, and a deal could happen soon. But nothing is guaranteed of course.

Brown is another intriguing name for the Lakers. The Lakers are very familiar with him after he torched them in the Western Conference Finals last season with the Denver Nuggets.

Two teams in both conferences have emerged as serious trade suitors for Raptors swingman Bruce Brown, league sources tell @ClutchPoints late Sunday evening.

The New York Knicks in the East and the Los Angeles Lakers in the West.

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L.A. has had its eye on Brown for a long time and may make a move to finally land him. They were very interested in him over the summer and would have likely signed him if not for the Indiana Pacers offering him a deal that he couldn't refuse.

He could help their defensive output and has shown the ability to knock down three-point shots with ease. Los Angeles needs someone like Brown, and maybe this is the time they get their guy.

No matter what the Lakers do at the trade deadline, they will be tip-toeing the fine line of win-now and preserving the future. It's not a spot that any team wants to be in, but it's the reality the Lakers find themselves having to make happen.