Lakers Featured in New 4-Team, 15-Player Blockbuster Proposal

With just five days to go until the NBA’s trade deadline, rumors are heating up to a fever pitch. As usual, the Los Angeles Lakers are involved in several proposed deals, and in this one, they would get the big man they need in a wild four-team, 15-player blockbuster proposal put forth by insider Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report:

Lakers get:

Clint Capela (from Hawks)
Vit Krejčí (from Hawks)
Mouhamed Gueye (from Hawks)

Hawks get:

Jusuf Nurkić (from Suns)
Rui Hachimura (from Lakers)
Christian Wood (from Lakers)
Johnny Davis (from Wizards)
Patrick Baldwin Jr. (from Wizards)
Bol Bol (from Suns)
2025 second-rounder (from Lakers)
$22.3 million trade exception (Clint Capela)
$17.3 million trade exception (Bogdan Bogdanović)

Suns get:

Bogdan Bogdanović (from Hawks)
Anthony Gill (from Wizards)
Shake Milton (from Lakers)
$2.1 million trade exception (Bol Bol)
$865,000 trade exception (Jusuf Nurkić)

Wizards get:

Kobe Bufkin (from Hawks)
David Roddy (from Hawks)
Jalen Hood-Schifino (from Lakers)
$5.3 million trade exception (Johnny Davis)
$2.4 million trade exception (Patrick Baldwin Jr.)
$2.2 million trade exception (Anthony Gill)
2025 second-rounder (via the Suns)
$2.5 million from the Lakers

The Lakers have made some other trade moves, addressing perimeter defense and the like, but they're still in need of a big to provide defense around the rim. Capela would be an ideal fit.

The Hawks were looking to move on from the expiring contract of Capela, but will need a replacement at center. Nurkic would fill the void down low. Atlanta also needs to replace their rising star Jalen Johnson who went down for the season this past week, and Hachimura would be more than a stop-gap.

For the Suns, this isn't the Jimmy Butler deal they're also trying to pull off, but it gives them another solid shooter in Bogdanovic, plus some cap relief as they unload Nurkic, who has completely fallen out of favor in Phoenix.

As for the rebuilding Wiz, they'll be able to take a shot on some young players, to see if they're worth hanging onto.