The basketball world has its eyes on the Los Angeles Lakers with exactly two weeks to go before the 2024-25 NBA trade deadline.  The Lakers currently occupy the Western Conference's No. 5 spot with a 23-18 record,

The Los Angeles Lakers could be ready to complete a huge trade with the Portland Trail Blazers to land two key pieces.

The Los Angeles Lakers give up a major draft asset but set the franchise up for years of competitive basketball in mock trade with Portland Trail Blazers.

The Portland Trail Blazers are rebuilding. They are the exact kind of team that contenders are going to want to dial up as the trade deadline gets closer. Sitt

With the Portland Trail Blazers sitting at 13th place in the Western Conference with a 15-28 record. This means that the team is in the perfect place to conside

Grading a mock trade proposal that has the Portland Trail Blazers moving Jerami Grant to a rival in the Western Conference.

While he finished the game, Brooklyn ruled him out for Wednesday's Los Angeles Clippers matchup. With Cam Thomas, Ben Simmons and D'Angelo Russell also sidelined, the Nets' offense reached historic lows during a 126-67 defeat, the worst in franchise history.

Coming off a tough loss to the Clippers, the Lakers have little trouble defeating the NBA's worst team, the Washington Wizards.

Tyler Herro #14 of the Miami Heat dribbles the ball against Anfernee Simons #1 of the Portland Trail Blazers during the third quarter at the Moda Center on October 26, 2022 in Portland, Oregon. The Miami Heat won 119-98. (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images) Getty Images

The Los Angeles Lakers are checking in with the Utah Jazz on their young center's availability in trade talks.

Due to those notions though, the Lakers scouting department understandably had their eyes elsewhere. One name the Lakers reportedly coveted was Bub Carrington before he was selected at No. 14 by the Portland Trail Blazers then traded to the Washington Wizards, per Dave McMenamin of ESPN: