Wojnarowski The Lakers and Mavs had some 'initial talks' about a trade involving Julius Randle and Nerlens Noel.

Harper There have been rumblings in addition to some recent statements made by Mark Cuban that Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd alongside Nico Harrison played a major role in trading away Luka Doni

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

Luka and JJ get into a disagreement during the game between the Lakers and Warriors

Julius Randle gives the lead the Wolves back then Rudy stuffs KD

McMenamin The Los Angeles Lakers could initiate a sign-and-trade that would help LeBron James return to Cleveland in exchange for Jarrett Allen This trade would allow James to make more than the midlevel exception 151M if he stayed with the Lakers

Julius Randle easily goes by Nikola Jokic and scores the And-1 over Christian Braun and Jalen Pickett with a replay