Image via WikipediaBy this point, Lakers guard Derek Fisher has grown accustomed to the routine. Any time the Lakers take an extended trip, the concerns go beyond solidifying travel arrangements and how many wins the team compiled. It has also lately involved the Lakers trading someone on their roster.
That's why when the Lakers returned in late December, Fisher focused more on the Lakers shipping off Sasha Vujacic for Joe Smith than the team's 6-1 mark during the trip. Fisher, too, noticed that this isn't anything new for the Lakers, what with the Lakers trading Vladimir Radmanovic for Adam Morrison and Shannon Brown a day before a six-day trip ended in the 2008-09 season, and the Lakers' blockbuster trade involving Pau Gasol on Feb. 1, 2008, came in the middle of a six-game trip.
Can the Lakers ever go on an extended trip without making a deal?
"I don't know," Fisher said with a laugh in late-December, though the Lakers made no moves during the Lakers' seven-game trip last season. "It seems to have been a little bit of a curse in the last couple of years. The trip we have right before All-Star break I'm sure will be a little bit nerve-racking for everyone."
http://lakersblog.latimes.com/lakersblog/2011/02/lakers-have-recent-history-of-making-trades-during-extended-trips.html
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