Why Knicks do this?
Knicks get a haul for Randle and they would absolutely do the deal unless Randle is untouchable.Dennis Schroder,Kyle Kuzma and THT plus #22,#24 and 2028 unprotected Lakers FRP is of great value for the kicks to draft some more talent into their young core
Why Rockets do this?
Rockets basically move up in the draft and get rid of the Eric Gordon contract for a decent 3 and d guard KCP which they can later flip into a contender or keep him to facilitate the young core
Why Lakers do this?
Lakers sign Dragic using MLE to combine him with Eric Gordon to create an outstanding backcourt that improves their shooting weakness and lakers wound want AD to move to the 5 with this trade scenario so on behalf of the lakers organization he has to stick to it and I m pretty sure he would like playing 5 once he get used to it for a prolonged time and he has done that before aswell.
Starting Lineup
PG - Goran Dragic
SG - Eric Gordon
SF - Lebron James
PF -Julius Randle
C - AD