The Lakers will have few options to rebuild their team outside exploring trade scenarios, something Deron Williams is cognizant of as he enters the most important offseason of his career.

"I know they don't have any money to just go out and sign me. It'll have to be some kind of [trade]," Williams said Wednesday.

The Lakers eliminated his Utah teams in the 2008, 2009 and 2010 playoffs.

"I used to hate them. They pushed us out of the playoffs three years in a row," Williams said. "We'll see."