NBA trading rumors Roundup: Laker is likely to stick to Reaves, Lonzo suggests Lamelo Ball Move

With the NBA draft next month and a week later, the NBA trading rumors in the back channels of the league will fly quickly and angry. Some are remarkable here.

Laker is probably keeping Austin Reaves

Rob Pelinka faces a challenge in this off -season: he has to upgrade the squad around Luka Doncic and LeBron James – The vertical distance center lands a marginal protection center, is at the top of the list – but only has limited goods.

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A player that many teams want is Austin Reaves, who achieved an average of 20.2 points and 5.8 rebounds per game last season, achieved 37.7% to 3-point shot and stole a contract that will only cost $ 13.9 million next season. However, the Lakers like the third option, and it will take a lot to get it. Something that dan Woike in the Los Angeles Times spoke good.

“The team has not shown any interest in using Reaves in a trade that takes less than a first-class large network, and there is really none of the two most common names in the earliest phases of the at the low season brookyns Nic Claxton and Dallas' Daniel Gafford.

Claxton would be the best available fit – it is only 26 and two seasons on average 12.6 points per game at 70.5% shoot, won 9.6 rebounds and blocked 2.5 shots per night. He is a sporty, switchable defender that JJ Redick could use to various options. However, it is slightly built and with which the Setter screen, which Gafford or others are. The cost of Claxton would be the first choice of Lakers 2030 (plus suitable salary such as Rui Hachimura and Gabe Vincent).

Regardless of whether the Lakers land one of these two centers or someone like Clint Capela from Atlanta, you don't expect Reaves to be in this trade. It would take an all-star level to change this dynamic.

Lamelo ball went west?

Lonzo Ball was on the Podcast of What a Experience and dropped:

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“I made Lowkey go to the Hornets Dylan Harper and I have Melo in the clips.”

Um … no. Firstly, there is no chance that Dylan Harper will make it in second place at the table, he has put himself into his own level at this front, and the Hornets choose in No. 4. San Antonio will take him (make your guards rotation an impressive de'aaron fox, the rookie of the year, and Harper Ho could be the best in the group in a few years). If the Spurs exchange this selection (hello, Milwaukee), this team will act to get Harper (Charlotte could try to swap in 2nd place, but the costs would be exorbitant).

Second, Lamelo makes no sense from the perspective of the clips. Los Angeles wants to keep his long -term books clear to make a pivot point after the end of the Kawhi Leonard/James Harden era (probably in the summer of 2027, maybe earlier). Ball has four years, 168.7 million US dollars that remain on its Max extension and ran by 2029. Lamelo would take the ball out of harden hands, and while the youngest ball brother scored an average of 25.2 points and 7.4 a game for a game that he does not contribute in the league as a man due to his lack of defense and style of play.

Other rumors of note:

• With Boston, who probably cuts the salary statement this summer, you are looking for a lot of interest from Playoff teams in Jrue Holiday, an elite defensive guard that helped the Bucks and Celtics. The Rockets and Spurs could be teams that can be observed.

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• Interesting comment from the well -networked Sam Amick from the athlete In every potential Giannis Antetocounmpo trade and how the Bucks GM wants to play (to play it (to play itFrom his appearance in the wrestler NBA Podcast):

“Jon Horst will go blood here, I tell you. He has a new extension right now. He has the support of the organization. Jon will not only try to be good with Giannis – he tries to do it on the goats. And that means that when every scenario is in the game, the other team, soaked up, let's let Letwes, so.”

• When you speak of an antetocounmpo trade, the sum that the warriors are likely – unless the Greek freak is pressing an agenda “only for golden state” – by several sources. The reality is that the warriors know that they cannot win a bidding war with Houston, San Antonio and Brooklyn. So if you don't get a friendly offer, it doesn't happen. If you believe that the Warriors receive a friendly offer, read the note above again.