The Los Angeles Lakers surprised a lot of people when they decided to not make any moves and stick with their current roster, even with all the struggles they've gone through during the 2021/22 NBA season. It was reported that a trade with the Houston Rockets involving John Wall was on the table, but the team declined. 

General manager Rob Pelinka explained that they didn't feel the need to make some changes given the kinds of deals they were offered, claiming that the team's two stars, LeBron James and Anthony Davis, agreed with that decision. 

“It can’t be just a decision about what is best for today or best for what happened right after a loss,” Pelinka told Thursday afternoon. “It has to be with the long term in mind and the short term. So we just didn’t find a deal that we felt made sense from all of those different perspectives.”

Pelinka highlighted his ongoing dialogue about the roster with James and Anthony Davis and said “there’s alignment there, and that’s all that matters.”