The Lakers almost traded Dalton Knecht last season, so he's likely to be a trade chip still, and the same goes for Rui Hachimura, who's played well but whose contract makes him a likely candidate to be traded for salary-matching purposes.

Throughout the course of the NBA offseason thus far, the future of Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has become very cloudy. While he decided to pick up his $52.6 million player option to remain with the team,