Stop us if you’ve heard this before: the Los Angeles Lakers need to make major changes this NBA offseason.
The 2021-22 season was unequivocally horrible for the Lakers. At this point, nothing they could do this offseason would shock us. They need change first and foremost. The specific parameters surrounding that change are a secondary concern.
Reuniting with Julius Randle would make for a bold move. To some, it may be foolhardy. Randle just clued up a tremendously disappointing 2021-22 season himself.
Doesn’t that make him and the Lakers a match made in heaven?
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If Randle can even split the difference between his elite 41.1% three-point shooting in 2020-21 and his dismal 30.8% showing last season, he can help this group. Assuming Russell Westbrook is bound for different digs, a core of James, Randle, and Anthony Davis could do damage next season.
Here are two trade packages that put them together.