The Los Angeles Lakers’ season is slowly going down the drain. At the All-Star break, they are four games below .500 and sitting at the ninth seed in the Western Conference.
Things haven’t exactly gone to plan, and despite being involved in a plethora of rumors, Rob Pelinka decided to stand pat at the trade deadline this season.
Now, the last hope for external improvement this season is the buyout market and general free agency. Luckily for the Lakers, there are a few players out there who could actually help.
If and when they ended up dipping into the free agency pool, which five players should be at the top of the Lakers’ board? Who would make the biggest impact?
5 free agents to help save the Los Angeles Lakers season: Goran Dragic
Russell Westbrook hasn’t been great this year, but what’s been even worse is the depth they have coming off the bench. Adding a proven veteran like Goran Dragic would help.
Dragic has barely played this year, but with how much interest is being expressed in him around the league, it’s clear that most teams believe he could still make an impact on a contending team.
In fact, Los Angeles was one of the teams rumored to be taking an interest in the veteran guard. The only question is, is the interest mutual between Dragic and the Lakers?
If it is, then he’d be a great piece for them to add to their bench. His extra scoring would give them another reliable source of points in the lineup.