This Lakers-Hawks Trade Swaps Anthony Davis, John Collins

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The 2021-22 NBA season was a disastrous one for the Los Angeles Lakers. That will lead to a lot of headlines involving them, as people will speculate what they will try and do to upgrade their roster and get back into the playoff picture in the Western Conference.

People have already spent weeks building hypothetical trade packages to shake up the roster and there will be plenty more coming through the 2022 NBA Draft and the start of free agency. However, there are only so many packages that Rob Pelinka can put together because of the lack of assets.

The Lakers have very little to build a trade package with. Talen Horton-Tucker, Kendrick Nunn and future first-round picks are about the best that they can do. An effort will be put in to move on from Russell Westbrook, but that is easier said than done.

Very few teams can take on Westbrook’s $47 million salary for the 2022-23 season and there are even fewer that will be willing to take him on. That has led to some people wondering if the Lakers would consider moving on from Anthony Davis.

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While not very likely to be moved, Davis would assuredly return the best package for the Lakers. Even with his injury concerns, Davis is an elite player with difference-making skills on both ends of the court.

Could the Atlanta Hawks be a team that would show interest in acquiring him? Let’s take a look at the framework of a hypothetical deal that would send Davis to the Peach State.

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