During the 2021 offseason, LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Jared Dudley checked on the potential desire of Bradley Beal to request a trade from the Washington Wizards to the Los Angeles Lakers.
James, Davis and Dudley also met with Damian Lillard, DeMar DeRozan and Russell Westbrook.
The Lakers eventually traded for Westbrook, who was the potential difference maker that would be the easiest to acquire.
Beal will be a free agent this offseason and is widely expected to re-sign with the Wizards. It is also doubtful that the Lakers would have been able to put together an attractive enough package to entice the Wizards to trade him there compared to what rival teams like the Philadelphia 76ers and Golden State Warriors had available to them last offseason.
