re: NBA Trade Deadline talk

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I really do not understand why these teams are so hellbent on always helping the Lakers.

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The Lakers always set themselves up to be able to make trades. The Warriors were good at stacking tradeable salaries, too until they stumbled upon a guy who helped them win a title (Wiggins) and got 2 early, 1sts after that one bad hiccup year.

The Hawks have been trying to deal Murray (at a huge loss, mind you) for weeks and the market seems very lukewarm for him. So the Lakers, who only kept Russell to have a salary to make a deal like this, are there to help. It's clear ATL wants that salary dumped, though. I don't know what pick capital they have to pay a team to do it.