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Message: [QUOTE="jncuse, post: 4232065, member: 1969"] They would have had to give up actual assets to get Derozan in a sign and trade as well. Magic sort of ignored that as well which is not accurate. The Lakers did not have free cap space to sign him. From the Bulls, the Spurs got a protected first, two seconds, and a somewhat servicable player (Thad Young) who could be flipped for some assets. And I suspect to work with the Lakers they would have wanted more than that -- perhaps a fair bit more. Some of the players that went to Washington would have needed to go to San Antonio plus the picks. Not to say the Lakers would have not been far better off with Derozan (or no Derozan at all) rather than Westbrook. [/QUOTE]