Los Angeles Lakers rookie forward Brandon Ingram hasn't played a single regular NBA season game as of this moment but his name was already linked to numerous trade rumors. Same goes to Phoenix Suns sophomore guard Devin Booker who hasn't established a name yet but always associated with trade deals.
Both are new and deemed to be the next superstar of their respective team. Both are also presumed to lead the young core of their teams for the future of their franchises. That's why there are no stopping trade rumors to connect them to each other before the season began.
Reports have already linked the Lakers and the Suns in earlier trades who seems did not prosper. And now, rumors are spreading that both teams are back again on the 'trade table' discussing a possibility of switching the two mentioned players.
According to The Inquisitr, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Phoenix Suns are in the first phase of the trade talks that would send sophomore shooting guard Devin Booker to the Lakers in exchange for rookie forward Brandon Ingram. The deal between the two could work under NBA trade rules and salary cap restrictions as per stated in the report.
However, the report also says that the Suns got the better end of this trade deal while it looks worse for the Lakers. The Lakers are fully loaded on their backcourt which consists of Jordan Clarkson, D'Angelo Russell, Lou Williams and Nick Young and adding Booker doesn't make sense at all. On the hand, the addition of Ingram to the Suns will help fill the void in their small forward position.
iTech Post also reported that the Lakers cannot afford to release Ingram because they also needed to fill that position on their roster and the addition of Booker is not more needed. The Suns are also not convinced to trade their prized sophomore because they will also have a deficiency on the shooting guard spot.
Hearing from basketball analyst, it seems that this trade will likely not going to happen but both teams can still reconsider this if ever things would not work right for both players.
