Charania The Los Angeles Lakers are canvassing the marketplace for a center and are expected to make a move in the next 24-48 hours

Charania A lot of chatter about the Minnesota Timberwolves to be the team to be moved to the Eastern Conference in the event of a two-team expansion Memphis and New Orleans will have a case as well

Mannix The Lakers believe they can succeed with a backcourt of Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves if they can get the right type of players in the front court They are looking to build a Dallas 20 type roster similar to what Luka had when he went to the NBA Finals

Charania Jayson Tatum has been a full go in 5-on-5 scrimmages with the Celtics

Rob Pelinka We're still going through that process of what additions we'll make to our front office There will be some positive changes and we'll build things out led by me and Jeanie and with Mark's support

Haynes Teams were calling the Clippers to try and pry Kawhi Leonard away at the trade deadline Leonard is focused on finishing the season strong and will discuss his future with the franchise in the Summer

Lakers GM Rob Pelinka on the trade deadline I would say we were aggressive And one form of being aggressive is saying no thats like being aggressive even though you end up doing nothing because its hard to say no sometimes to getting a good player