Lacking Steve Nash has been devastating for the team but they are not completely left without options. In a report by LA Times, the Lakers were given a disabled-player exception valued at $ 4.85 million on November 25, 2014 for point guard Steve Nash who has a back injury and will be out of the entire 2014-2015 NBA season. The Lakers can make use of the extra cash to bring in one good player from the free agent list or avail of a waiver claim. It means that the Lakers can avail of any player worth $ 4.85 million at most. The Lakers may also opt to trade for a player worth $ 4.95 million.
For the injured rookie Julius Randle, the Lakers gained another $ 1.5 million exception, based on the same Sports World Report.
Marc Gasol and Greg Monroe will enter the free agent market in the summer of 2015 and will most likely be picked up by the New York Knicks, Boston Celtics or Lakers. Monroe might be the more viable option since the Celtics and Knicks are said to be intent on acquiring Gasol. Rondo might also go to the Lakers after completely recovering from his ACL surgery.
缺少史蒂夫 - 纳什是毁灭性的球队，但他们并非完全没有选择离开。在报告洛杉矶时报，湖人分别获得了禁用的玩家除了价值4850000美元于2014年11月25日的控球后卫史蒂夫 - 纳什谁拥有背部受伤，将退出整个2014-2015年NBA赛季。湖人可以利用多余的现金在一个优秀的球员在自由球员列表中放弃索赔或无济于事带来的。这意味着湖人可以利用的价值4850000美元在几乎所有的球员。湖人队也可以选择换取一名球员的价值4950000美元。
对于受伤的新秀朱利叶斯·兰德尔，湖人队获得了另一个1500000美元例外，基于相同的体育世界报告。
马克 - 加索尔和格雷格 - 门罗将在2015年夏天进入自由球员市场，将最有可能被拾起纽约尼克斯队，波士顿凯尔特人队和湖人队。梦露也许是更可行的选择，因为凯尔特人和尼克斯被认为是意图收购加索尔。朗多也可能从他的ACL手术完全恢复后去了湖人。