If the Los Angeles Lakers do not want to take back Zach LaVine‘s monster contract, the other former NBA All-Star player on the Chicago Bulls roster could be an alternative trade option, according to Bleacher Report’s salary cap expert Eric Pincus.
“The Lakers could have an interest in Nikola Vučević,” Pincus wrote on September 10.
The 33-year-old Montenegrin center has two more seasons left on his three-year, $60 million deal compared to LaVine’s $137 million over the next three seasons.
With Vučević generating zero trade market, along with LaVine, per the Chicago Sun-Times, the Lakers should pounce on the opportunity to add size and shooting to their frontcourt without giving up their two future first-round picks.
The Lakers have the expiring salaries of D’Angelo Russell and either Christian Wood or Cam Reddish to match Vučević’s $20 million this season.
