How LA Lakers Can Get Under Luxury-Tax Line and Why It's so Important

Any time you're out of the playoff hunt and have a chance to save $12 million, you do it, right? For the Los Angeles Lakers, the answer to that question appears to be yes. By trading Steve Blake and his $4 million expiring contract to the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday, the Lakers inched a little closer to the tax line. In a pretty confusing deal, L.A. swapped Blake for MarShon Brooks and Kent Bazemore. But they had to do so in three separate deals: The teams had to get creative with this mo...