LeBron James and Anthony Davis are still as good as it gets among NBA duos, and the Lakers can't go into the 2024-25 season without taking a big swing at supporting them with more high-end talent. You'll notice we didn't say "high-end availability and a demonstrated capacity to drive winning." That's because Zach LaVine, who's been viewed as something pretty close to trade poison over the last year or so, doesn't have those things. What he does have is elite scoring skill, as demonstrated by his pair of All-Star nods and 2022-23 average of 24.8 points on a 48.5/37.5/84.8 shooting split. Yes, LaVine played just 25 games a year ago due to surgery on his right foot. And yes, the three years and $138 million left on his contract are scary. But the Lakers aren't giving up any draft equity here, and a healthy LaVine would give them a star-level scorer to bolster an offense that managed a ho-hum 115.5 points per 100 possessions whenever James was off the floor last season. We know the theoretically rebuilding Bulls aren't against dealing players without getting any draft picks back (see the Alex Caruso for Josh Giddey trade), and Chicago clearly wants out of the LaVine experience. Some have suggested the Bulls would need to include picks to get anyone to take LaVine, so this construction, which has Reaves as the headliner from the Lakers and includes no draft equity going either direction, is more realistic than it might seem. The Bulls preserve their picks, break up LaVine's big deal into four smaller ones and remove their biggest impediment to a true reconstruction. Meanwhile, the Lakers take a justifiable risk by adding one of the higher-ceiling pieces available, setting up their two superstars for a better shot at contention—all without burning draft assets they can use to swing another deal down the line.