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Jonas Valanciunas a mid-to-low tier trade target for Lakers

Jovan Buha on Lakers targeting Jonas Valanciunas: ‘There was some interest obviously and he was on LeBron’s list so I think the Lakers will probably revisit that, but I don’t think there’s as much interest as a guy like a Wendell Carter or some of these other guys that have popped up. So I view it more as like a mid-to-low tier trade target for the Lakers.’

Jayson Tatum has had an action-packed summer, with adventures from Paris to St. Louis and more. His latest stop is China, where he participated in the China Family Tour via Jordan Brand. Tatum joined fellow NBA stars Luka Doncic, Zion Williamson, and Paolo Banchero in Shanghai and Beijing.

Dwight Howard on not wanting to join the Lakers: I wanted to go to Brooklyn, but I made an emotional decision to leave Orlando

There was another team that Howard was interested in going to so he could give his career a fresh start. “I wanted to beat the Lakers, they had just beat us in the Finals so in my mind I’m like ‘Why would I go to the team that just beat us?’ I wanted to go to Brooklyn and just start my whole career over but I got sent to LA,” Howard said. “It didn’t work out, and I made an emotional decision to leave… I didn’t really make a smart, logical decision, I just made an emotional decision at the time.”