Lakers might be willing to take on bad contract from Nuggets in exchange for first-round pick

The Los Angeles Lakers are reportedly still engaged in trade talks with the San Antonio Spurs but don’t appear to have the right combination of assets to get a deal done without giving up something they really don’t want to move. So the next logical step is to make a move to net another asset the Spurs might be interested in. It makes sense, therefore, that Tim Bontemps of the Washington Post is reporting the Lakers have reached out to the Denver Nuggets to offer a trade and take on a bad contract in conjunction with a first-round pick. With San Antonio believed to be uninterested in Lonzo Ball, the Lakers have three other intriguing young players — Brandon Ingram, Kyle Kuzma and Josh Hart —