It's strange having the NBA trade deadline so close to the All-Star break. The mid-season break provides a natural checkpoint to take stock of where every team sits, and yet -- especially given the monumental activity around this year's deadline in both quantity and quality of players -- a lot of teams will look vastly different over the final two months of the season.

The Los Angeles Lakers could shore up their backcourt by adding a former $50 million Philadelphia 76ers guard alongside the likes of Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves.

The Los Angeles Lakers are looking like one of the favorites to come out of the Western Conference following the acquisitions of Luka Doncic and Mark Williams.However, the major trades left the backcourt without strong depth behind Doncic and Austin Reaves,