Could he help the Lakers sure. Is he a 22 million luxury tax hit next season that is needed that badly? Absolutely not. Lakers are fine at SF. When Ron rests Kobe plays backup SF minutes while Shannon Brown plays 2. And while Kobe's out with the current injury Lamar can play backup SF minutes as he did last night. Lakers could also go small if need be as well.

If the Lakers are gonna take any extra financial responsibility on a trade this season you would think it would be for a PG. Lakers are fine overall though for this season.

After the season Fisher, Farmar, Morrison, Shannon(guessing he opts out) are expiring. So they will have choices to make at PG. And could potential use the MLE on one like Blake per say. However if they take on Prince well that can really handicap them next season at PG. Just not a realistic trade for the Lakers.