Best Potential 2016-17 NBA Trade Deadline Targets for LA Lakers

The young Los Angeles Lakers can be fun to watch and should only improve with time. But clawing their way back into playoff contention this season will be a tall order unless they upgrade the roster through a midseason trade.

At issue especially is a lack of defensive fortitude and a perplexing tendency to hand away early leads.

The dilemma is whether to sacrifice talent that's yet to reach full maturation—such as D’Angelo Russell, Julius Randle and rookie Brandon Ingram—in return for a possible quick-fix solution.

Do the Lakers hang on to Russell and hope his recent knee iss...

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