Spurs

The focus of the NBA trade market has shifted to Russell Westbrook after Donovan Mitchell was moved to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Given the Lakers' lack of desire to compensate a team for taking on Westbrook's deal, [there hasn't been any progress](https://nbaanalysis.net/2022/07/22/nba-trade-rumors-los-angeles-lakers-indiana-pacers-buddy-hield-myles-turner-russell-westbrook-news/). Now, they are [viewed as a likely trade partner for Westbrook](https://nbaanalysis.net/2022/09/02/nba-trade-rumors-los-angeles-lakers-utah-jazz-bojan-bogdanovic-russell-westbrook-news/) in a deal involving Bojan Bogdanovic as the headliner of a deal. [San Antonio Spurs](https://www.si.com/nba/spurs/) do not have the most appealing of potential trade packages to offer the Lakers. They will need to compensate teams for the talent they are sending them and surely for taking on Westbrook's salary, too. The goal for many teams is to receive the Lakers' first-round picks in 2027 and 2029 with as little protections on them as possible. First, the Los Angeles Lakers and Utah Jazz agreed to a trade featuring Patrick Beverley and Talen Horton-Tucker.