2025 NBA Offseason -Trading for Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kevin Durant, more

When the Lakers conveyed her blockbuster deal for Luka Dončić, she created an emptiness in Anthony Davis in her front square. And when they later a trade for Charlotte Hornets Big Man Mark Williams, Dončić's preferred selection from a list of potential trading goals, according to Dave McMenamin from ESPN, La La did nothing to cover this absence.

The Lakers, who were gripped by Minnesota Timberwolves Center Rudy Gobert because of their elimination loss, do not plan to stand again.

“My focus will concentrate on … Next year we will have the required size to have a team that can fight for a championship,” Rob Pelinka, President of Lakers, told reporters. “… we know that we need a big man.”

The Lakers have enough trading chips to fill this place. And that's true, even if you hang on Austin Reaves, the Dan Woike from the Los Angeles Times It would only be reported for “a first -class big”. LA has other medium -sized medium -sized salaries with medium -sized sizes as well as an unprotected pimple of the first round 2026, 2028, 2030 and 2032 and Sharpshooter Dalton Knecht, last year No. 17 to sweeten an offer.

This is more than enough to find a suitable starter in the middle, and again LA could still get bigger if the right player shakes off and convinces the club to rethink his attitude towards Reaves. It is more likely that Reaves will not be kept in the Lakers and that the Lakers land someone like Walker Kessler, Nic Claxton, Daniel Gafford, Robert Williams III or Mitchell Robinson.