Lakers Open to Gasol Sign-and-Trade

For the past three years, the Lakers have wanted Pau Gasol not to just trade him away in a lopsided deal or cost-cutting move. During that same time, the Lakers still became willing to entertain offers for him.

It appears that has not changed. The Lakers still want to re-sign Pau Gasol, regardless of whether the increasingly unlikely scenario Carmelo Anthony comes here plays out. But the Lakers are also open toward executing a sign-and-trade with Gasol to another team should he want to leave, according to a league source familiar with the team’s thinking.

via Mark Medina of the Orange County Register