LA gets: Bojan Bogdanovic / Alec Burks / Alex Caruso DET gets: Russell Westbrook / 2029 FRP CHI gets: Noel / 2027 FRP Top 10 protected

Lakers: This deal helps in filling much of the lakers' weaknesses this season. Bojan bolsters their wing depth and can act as a tertiary scorer around LeBron and AD that can play on and off the ball. This opens up driving lanes for james and would allow better interior positioning for davis. He can also come off screens and curl into shots which is a weapon the lakers currently do not have at their disposal. He's been on of the league's most efficient shooters this season and he brings some size at 6'7 as well. Burks is a savvy vet and a capable shooter and defender. At his best he's a 6'6 multipositinal defender that can space the floor. The last piece in this deal is caruso. He brings elite POA defense,m high IQ and has built in chemistry with the lakers' 2 stars. This dealdoesnt require the contracts of bev and nunn which can also open up future transactions ( possibly involving a backup forward and center)

A potential closing lineup could look like: Reaves / Caruso / Bojan / James / Davis

Det: Bojan has been a very solid pickup for this pistons this season and has been rewarded with an extension as well. However he clearly doesn't fit the timeline of this roster and is surely going to begin regressing as that contract continues to age. With Cade out it, there shouldn't be much incentive to try and go for a playoff push when you can sell high on bojan. Remeber that bojan was accquired by dumping kelly olynkk's 2 year deal and saben lee. Turning those 2 into a first while also moving off the only other 2 vets on this roster would be a massive win for DET.

CHI: The Bulls are probably in the worst spot in the leauge. They have a core that clearly cannot win a championship and yet they are bare on draft capital and futur assets. The deavlopment of Pat Williams has stagnated and while Ayo has been solid more time is required. A rebuild almost seems inevitable at this point. While it would make sense to hold out on moving derozan or lavine until the offseason since the pick this year is only top 4 protected it would be wise to start shedding some other pieces. One of those pieces is alex caruso. Caruso has a robust market and could net good value for the bulls. Caruso's market value is probably a first and one from the lakers as well as 9M in cap relief could be an interesting move to make. If the bulls delay on moving caruso until the summer the quality of offers will drop signinfianctly aas the market will become aware of the fact that you are trying to shed assets. Selling high on caurso, retaining cap relief and draft capital is the best move the bulls can make at this point.