You’ve got to spend money to make money. If you’re an NBA team, that may be especially true. If you win more games, more people will care.
That’s true. At the same time, it can be a conundrum. If you need money, you don’t have money to spend. How will you make money?
The Los Angeles Lakers are in that exact dilemma. This team needs to improve – but they have precious few resources to improve with.
Sure, the Lakers could move the little draft capital they have left. It would just leave their future bankrupt.
If the Lakers can find a move that allows them to improve without selling the farm, they ought to make it.
Here’s a deal that aims to do just that.