Lakers get price tag on Peyton Watson, but it might not matter

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I don't know how the Los Angeles Lakers can look at their current roster and not think that they need more.

Furthermore, the Lakers have many holes in the near future that the organization will have to address.

With a limited number of assets, an inability to really get better unless they decide to move on from players who likely won't be available, and other avenues, the Lakers just aren't in a great spot to improve.

However, that could change if the front office decides to get creative in a potential sign-and-trade. One player in particular who would make a lot of sense to go after is Peyton Watson, the youngster from the Denver Nuggets.

Despite that reality, the latest report suggests that the Nuggets are looking for a massive return, one that the Lakers recently paid for Walker Kessler.

“There would be a limited market for a Peyton Watson sign-and-trade because Denver would only do the deal if they could take little or no money back and receive a first-round pick. Watson is a restricted free agent, and the Nuggets are very much in control of the situation. It would be a similar setup to what the Lakers did to acquire Walker Kessler, but with less money and less draft capital,” Sean Deveny wrote.

Not that the Lakers would have to give up similar draft capital here, as Deveny touched on, but it's interesting to see that the structure would be the same. At the very least, there seems to be an expectation that Watson will go for more than most fans would probably want to pay.

That's something the Lakers will ultimately have to consider over the next few weeks, depending on how long this all takes.

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