The potential Lakers trading package for Zach LaVine according to rumors

Different names have been thrown around for the rumored possible trade between the LA Lakers and the Chicago Bulls. One name that hasn't been close to what his last season performance promised is Austin Reaves who was set to be the team's third star and now is having a coming off the bench role.

Reave's name has been linked to being part of the trading assets for the LA Lakers to land Zach LaVine or Alex Caruso. But The Athletic's Jovan Buha has revealed that Austin is set to stay longer in the team than D'Angelo Russell.

With the Lakers not interested in including Reaves in any potential LaVine dial, the trading package could look something like this. Buha would note that a potential deal would almost definitely involve D’Angelo Russell as well as either Rui Hachimura or Gabe Vincent and some draft compensation:

“The most likely framework of a LaVine deal would center around Russell, who waived his implied no-trade clause over the offseason. It’d also need to feature Hachimura or Vincent as additional matching salary, another player, and either the team’s 2029 or 2030 first-round pick – potentially with protections. (It cannot include both due to the restrictions of the Stepien rule). The Lakers would prefer to expand a theoretical trade to include Caruso, in the scenario that he’s eventually made available. One complication in that case is that the Lakers do not have many available first-round picks left to trade, though they could insert another pick swap (the first-round pick they don’t send between 2029 and 2030) and have four second-round picks available to trade.”

What makes D'Angelo Russell the possible name to be traded

Russell’s name being floated in rumors is nothing new as that has been the case for basically his entire career. The point guard waiving that no-trade clause when re-signing with the Lakers this summer all but assured the rumors would continue throughout the trade deadline.