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LAKERS NEED TO MAKE TRADE NOW!After the spectacular start to the offseason, the last thing the Lakers should consider doing right now is pulling back and waiting until the trade deadline to trade for the starting small forward we desperately need.Waiving Goodwin or anybody… https://t.co/ovcjXkC0Mh pic.twitter.com/pL2YTqPM7a— LakerTom (@LakerTom) July 20, 2025

After waiving Shake Milton to open a roster spot/$ below the first apron, here are the Lakers paths to clear enough additional salary to sign Marcus Smart:- waive Jordan Goodwin-waive and stretch someone else-trade in which they take back less salary than they send out— Trevor Lane (@Trevor_Lane) July 20, 2025

First domino down. Unclear on when the second domino falls. Could be today. Could be down the line. There’s no deadline to sign Smart, so they have time to either waive Jordan Goodwin or make a trade. https://t.co/t2N46qigAg— Sam Quinn (@SamQuinnCBS) July 20, 2025

Aloha,

Unless Shake is part of a trade today, he will be waived. After that though the Lakers can take their time. Goodwin isn’t guaranteed until January. The Lakers need to cut. 1.2 mil from their payroll by the end of this coming season. So they can work on a trade and if none materialize they cut Goodwin in January and get under the tax line. I like Goodwin and hope we can keep him. But he is the fall back plan. They could also waive a stretch a player but I don’t see that happening. There just isn’t anyone out there worth doing it for.

Wrote it. Marcus Smart was always one of my favorite players to watch and now he's a Laker.New digbasketball deep-dive on how good his defense still is, offensive fit, health, and what it all means for the Lakers next moves👇https://t.co/nXXfhMC6Ls https://t.co/HCC7qdaAsf pic.twitter.com/t3tdMJnmkY— Iztok Franko (@iztok_franko) July 20, 2025