The Los Angeles Lakers didn't make any moves at the trade deadline in part because of the tragic death of Lakers icon Kobe Bryant, according to Sean Deveney of Heavy.

The passing of Bryant is going to take a long time to get over. Lakers players were very emotional last Friday against the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center during their tribute to Kobe, and Deveney reports the front office didn't have “a lot of appetite” for making changes:

“There was not a lot of appetite for changing things,” one team source said. “There wasn’t a lot of appetite for telling players they’re going to Minnesota or Atlanta or somewhere, Charlotte, wherever. If there’s an offer you can’t say no to, of course, you’re going to take it. But the idea of breaking things up after what’s happened with Kobe, it wasn’t something anyone seemed to want to do.”

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The Lakers were linked to Derrick Rose, Marcus Morris and Robert Covington. The Detroit Pistons decided to keep Rose, while Morris got traded to the Los Angeles Clippers and Covington got dealt to the Houston Rockets.

Despite losing to the Rockets at home on Thursday, the Lakers still have the best record in the West. They are 38-12 on the season.

The Lakers could be players on the buyout market. They are said to be heavily interested in signing Darren Collison should he decide he wants to play basketball again, and the currently retired point guard was even at Staples Center on Thursday night.