After trading for Dorian Finney-Smith, the Los Angeles Lakers are expected to make another move before the Feb. 6 NBA trade deadline to add solid talent around LeBron James and Anthony Davis. 

The Lakers are 2-2 in games Finney-Smith has played, so Los Angeles is in clear need of added improvement before gearing up for a playoff run. Between Austin Reaves, Rui Hachimura, Jarred Vanderbilt, Gabe Vincent and Max Christie, the Lakers should be able to match salaries and offer young talent to rebuilding teams, especially if they entertain talks on rookie Dalton Knecht.

However, unnamed NBA executives have told Bleacher Report that the Lakers are unwilling to engage in serious talks.

“Competing executives have also told B/R that the Lakers (at least to date) have shown no interest in discussing trades that include Rui Hachimura or Dalton Knecht (or, obviously, LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Austin Reaves, Bronny James, etc.),” wrote Bleacher Report’s Eric Pincus on Monday. “The two recently acquired players (Finney Smith and (Shake) Milton) cannot be aggregated in trade before the February 6 deadline—taking Milton out of the equation.”

That leaves Vanderbilt and Vincent as the only players on the roster making more than $10 million per year the Lakers are willing to move. With only two first-round picks to attach to them in 2029 and 2031, the Lakers are not in a prime spot to make a massive deal before the deadline, as much as one would help.

The Lakers have been linked to Jimmy Butler, Brandon Ingram, Cameron Johnson and plenty of backup centers who are on the market, but a trade takes two teams to complete, and if the Lakers aren’t willing to give up anything worthwhile, expect them to tread water into the spring. 

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