Pelinka: We didn't find a trade that made sense for Lakers

Despite getting off to a disappointing 26-30 start and being mired in a 2-6 skid, the Los Angeles Lakers decided against making any moves ahead of Thursday's trade deadline.

Lakers vice president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka said he and management were aggressive in trying to improve but ultimately didn't find a deal that made sense for the team.

"We always want to put this team in the best position to win a championship but ultimately didn't find a deal that had net positive effect for sort of the short-term success of the team and the long term," Pelinka said, according to ESPN's Dave McMenamin.

The Houston Rockets offered John Wall in exchange for Russell Westbrook and a first-round pick, but the Lakers declined the deal, Yahoo Sports' Chris Haynes reports. Additionally, L.A. was part of a proposed three-team trade with the Toronto Raptors and New York Knicks involving Talen Horton-Tucker, but the deal fell through because of an unwillingness to part with certain draft-pick compensation, sources told McMenamin.

Pelinka says both LeBron James and Anthony Davis were consulted on potential moves and understood why the team ultimately didn't act on deadline day. The Lakers will now focus on acquiring talent through the buyout market.

"You can't force another team to present yourself with a deal that is going to make your team be better. That's up to them," Pelinka said. "And throughout this process, we had different things we looked at and, like I've done in the past, had conversations with LeBron and Anthony about it and I would say there's alignment here. And that's all that matters."