Are the Lakers Open for Business?
Laker Film Room - Dedicated to the Study of Lakers Basketball
Pete Zayas
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🗓️ 13 September 2025
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Summary
In the wake of reports that the Lakers are more willing to take on long term money in trades than they were earlier this offseason and that Andrew Wiggins could be a potential target, Pete and Darius discuss why they'd support taking on future money in the right deal, Wiggins' fit on this roster, different trade constructions, why salary matching can be tricky, what their preferred deal would look like, and much more.
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| 0:15.1 | What do you think about the Laker team now? |
| 0:18.5 | You follow the box scores of the games every day? |
| 0:21.1 | Just the Lakers. |
| 0:22.4 | You're kidding. |
| 0:23.7 | That is really a compliment. |
| 0:27.8 | I was pleased to see you smile at the top part show because once the game starts, you have a game face. |
| 0:32.8 | You don't smile much out there. |
| 0:35.4 | I don't think you have to do things for money anymore. Correct. What's up, |
| 0:39.3 | Laker fans? Welcome to the Laker Film Room podcast. I'm Pete, joined by Darius. And, |
| 0:43.6 | indeed, today we dip our toes back in the trade market as both Mark Stein and Dan Weike |
| 0:50.4 | have reported that the Lakers have softened on their stance of not taking back contracts |
| 0:55.7 | that last beyond this year under different rationalizations, apparently, but Luca's extension, |
| 1:00.8 | apparently playing part of a deal in it. Both of them brought up Andrew Wiggins as a possibility |
| 1:06.4 | within this context. I do want to separate those two things out as we get into the conversation a |
| 1:11.5 | little bit more. But I'm excited to hear that. I'm excited to hear that they have a little bit more. |
| 1:16.3 | I think that was the case to a degree from a like, I mean, we would consider it if it's the right |
| 1:21.5 | guy. And I think that's probably still the case. But what's your reaction to the news that |
| 1:25.2 | maybe the Lakers won't be so conservative about not |
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