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Few bigger teams could be more ready to make a move than the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks. The Lakers just brought Kobe Bryant back into the fold, but with the Western Conference loaded with playoff hopefuls, and a number of injuries to the backcourt, a deal might be imminent for L.A.
According to a report from ESPN, Steve Blake’s injury already adds to L.A.’s backcourt woes of the hurt Steve Nash and Jordan Farmar, so the Lakers are reportedly interested in the very available Knicks guard Iman Shumpert.
One of the Lakers expiring contracts also includes forward Pau Gasol, and they are apparently mulling a move that would send the Spaniard to the Knicks for injured center Tyson Chandler, a California native who attended Dominguez High School in Compton. However, the struggling Knicks apparently aren’t interested in moving their most prize big man.
If the Lakers are looking for more size, and they aren’t too bitter with the Houston Rockets for stealing away Dwight Howard, maybe they can land disgruntled center Omer Asik.