The Lakers need to strike while the iron is hot. Jordan Clarkson’s trade value is at a season-high. Yeah, there’s a chance that he keeps up his blistering pace from his last two games and pushes it even higher, but there’s an even greater chance that he goes back to being the same old Clarkson that was the player the Lakers wanted to trade in the first place. All around the league are teams looking for that final piece that pushes them over the top, or at least pushes them into the playoffs. Clarkson can be that piece!
Another alternative would be to trade him to the PBA, or the Philippine Basketball Association, so he can be treated like a king and put up Wilt-esque stats against a bunch of short dudes including Manny Pacquiao. If he goes to the Phoenix Fuel Masters, he can even pretend that he’s still in the NBA! I don’t know what the salaries are like over there, probably not so good, but the chance to be the GOAT is likely too much to pass up for him.
I’m pretty sure direct trades between teams that aren’t in the same league is disallowed by the Collective Bargaining Agreement, so this may have to happen under the table, hush hush. Totally worth it though.