{"id":54663,"date":"2022-08-24T06:15:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T06:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lakers-are-reportedly-interested-in-trading-for-donovan-mitchell\/"},"modified":"2022-08-24T06:15:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T06:15:21","slug":"lakers-are-reportedly-interested-in-trading-for-donovan-mitchell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lakers-are-reportedly-interested-in-trading-for-donovan-mitchell\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers are reportedly interested in trading for Donovan Mitchell"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>On Tuesday, Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks issued a statement essentially saying that Kevin Durant will remain with the team weeks after requesting a trade.<\/p>\n<p>That means that the Los Angeles Lakers&#8217; hopes and dreams of landing Kyrie Irving are pretty much dead.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the team will have to shift its focus and efforts towards other potential deals that could make it a championship contender again.<\/p>\n<p>With LeBron James about four months away from his 38th birthday, the Lakers desperately need to reduce his workload in terms of scoring, ball-handling and facilitating.  That was apparently the thinking behind last summer&#8217;s Russell Westbrook trade.<\/p>\n<p>It now appears LA is interested in vying for Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell.<\/p>\n<p>Via Lakers Daily:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe Los Angeles Lakers are reportedly interested in Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Lakers are interested in Donovan Mitchell, per <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gambo987?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@Gambo987<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GxBqpAQb6I\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/GxBqpAQb6I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNBACentral\/status\/1562133979469324290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">August 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mitchell would be quite a get for the Purple and Gold, and such a move would have the same magnitude as an Irving deal would&#8217;ve had.<\/p>\n<p>He is a three-time All-Star who can score in an explosive fashion, as well as facilitate to a certain extent.  Mitchell also has the habit of going off for big scoring outings during the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>The knock against him is that, at 6-foot-1 and 215 pounds, he is an undersized guard, which could hurt LA on the defensive end.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, jazz executive Danny Ainge is asking for the world in return for Mitchell, and given that Ainge is a former Boston Celtic, he may be unwilling to help the Lakers to begin with.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"shortcode shortcode--listicle\" data-gallery-id=\"85014\">\n<h2 class=\"shortcode--listicle__title\">Juan Toscano-Anderson may be Lakers&#8217; best-kept secret<\/h2>\n<div class=\"shortcode--listicle__image\">\n\t\t\t<noscript><img width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lebronwire.usatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/08\/USATSI_18082023-e1661047338388.jpg?resize=1000%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-1000x1000 size-1000x1000\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><br \/>\n<span class=\"listicle__overlay\"><br \/>\n\t<span class=\"listicle__overlay_icon\"><br \/>\n\t\t<span class=\"icon icon--listicle\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"><use href=\"#listicle\"\/><\/svg><\/span>\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<span class=\"listicle__overlay_text\"><br \/>\n\t\t<span class=\"listicle__overlay_text--view\">view<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t4 items\t<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks issued a statement essentially saying that Kevin Durant will remain with the team weeks after requesting a trade. That means that the Los Angeles Lakers&#8217; hopes and dreams of landing Kyrie Irving are pretty much dead. Now, the team will have to shift its focus and efforts &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lakers-are-reportedly-interested-in-trading-for-donovan-mitchell\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lakers are reportedly interested in trading for Donovan Mitchell<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[3051,20448],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59370,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/donovan-mitchell-trade-may-come-with-russell-westbrook-lakers-twist\/","url_meta":{"origin":54663,"position":0},"title":"Donovan Mitchell trade may come with Russell Westbrook-Lakers twist","date":"August 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The Lakers appear willing to get creative to try to shed Russell Westbrook and his massive $47 million contract before the start of the season. 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