After several days of stalled talks, the Los Angeles Lakers and Cleveland Cavaliers made progress Saturday on a trade that would involve Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum, sources told ESPN.com. The Cavaliers want to execute a trade by Sunday so it can be completed a- head of Tuesday's deadline for Bynum's contract to become fully guaranteed, sources said. Trades need 48 hours to be finalized so players can have ph- ysicals. The Cavs have been involved in talks with other teams looking to take adv- antage of Bynum's contract. The deal is for $12.3 million this season but if a team waives Bynum by Tuesday it will owe him nothing because the $6.3 million left on the contract is not guaranteed if he's released by that date. On Friday, ESPN.com reported the Cavs have been in talks with the Jazz for veteran forward Richard Jefferson in a money-saving move for Utah. Cleve- land also has considered keeping Bynum and using him as a trade asset bef- ore next month's trade deadline, sources said. The injury-ravaged Lakers have been considering whether to execute a Gasol -for-Bynum trade because it would get them out of the luxury tax for the first time in seven years. More important than the $20 million in instant savings would be easing the pressure of going into the repeater tax in e- ither 2015 or '16, sources said. If a team is in the luxury tax in four out of any five years, it triggers the repeater tax. Sources say the Lakers, who broke a six-game losing streak with a victory against the Jazz on Friday night, also are seeking a package that would i- nclude a young player or a draft pick from the Cavs, which has been hold- ing up the talks. The Lakers internally have been debating whether they should trade Gasol, a four-time All-Star with the team, or wait for some of their players to get healthy with hopes of making a run in the second half of the season. It appears these talks, which kicked into gear last weekend when the Cavs suspended Bynum for a game and put him on the trade block, could be headed for a resolution one way or the another on Sunday. 来自ESPN专家Windhorst的报导，简单说就是骑士跟湖人交易案又更进一步，骑士希望 在美国时间周日把事情桥定。以便双方涉入交易的球员体检，不过也有人告诉我只 要交易案先送联盟报备，体检是可以缓的。 湖人方面跟之前一样在讨论怎样才能从中拿到年轻球员或选秀签，这篇尾声也提到 他们还在斟酌是否等所有伤兵都恢复後，在下半季冲战绩。但恕我直言，西区机会 真的不大。 骑士的内线消息来源表示，Jefferson交易案比较离谱，不太可能成真，很像拿来 施压用的假消息。但确实还存在着并非Gasol亦非Jefferson的其他交易案，而且 不排除策动不只一笔交易的可能性。 题外话，两边球迷都有相当数量对这笔交易不感兴趣。相当比例的骑士迷建议球队 持续进行年轻战力的发展，不在本季刻意追求战绩，也怀疑Gasol的帮助。湖人球迷 则很难接受将Gasol无偿出清（在他们看来省2000万算不上"有偿"）。 --

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