The Los Angeles Lakers’ roster this season has been a mess, but there may be a pathway back to championship contention this offseason by removing certain players, most notably Russell Westbrook, and filling out the team with more young, reliable role players.
Doing so would likely necessitate at least one trade, and in recent months, one player who has been talked about as trade bait for that purpose has been third-year guard Talen Horton-Tucker.
