Ranking LA Lakers’ Biggest Needs Heading into 2013 NBA Trade Deadline

The Los Angeles Lakers are 25-29 after the All-Star Break and have a lot of questions to answer going into the February 21st trade deadline.

With Pau Gasol out for the time being, Dwight Howard constantly ailing and things seemingly going bad for the Lakers every time they have the tiniest bit of a breakthrough, something else comes along to knock them down another peg.

There's no reward for missing the playoffs this year. They have no draft pick to fall back on and no real salary cap flexibility to rely on to fix the team this summer, so they're going to have to try to do what they can this season, or be labeled as a complete failure.

The Lakers have a few ...

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