Lakers Should Target Nets Draft Picks In Trade

Lakers Should Target Nets Draft Picks In Trade

what’s going on everyone so Los Angeles Lakers have been linked to the Brooklyn Nets on various trades right obviously it’s because Brooklyn has made deals with the Lakers in the past uh most recently Dorian Finny Smith but also Shawn Marks as well as Rob Pelinka have a very good relationship and you usually work with the people that you’re comfortable with you’re familiar with right especially if you can pull out deals now Lakers are mostly linked to Nick Claxton that seems to be the main target um you know some murmurss about you know maybe working out a sign and trade for a Dron Sharp um can you maybe get a Cam Johnson and a Nick Laxton in the deal can you work something out right that would be great that would be fantastic but one of the things that I’d really like to see the Lakers maybe look to do whether it’s as part of a Nick Claxton trade or even if you go elsewhere for the center position and just look to trade for the Brooklyn Nets picks that would be fantastic so Brooklyn there are several teams that have several picks i’ve talked about the Spurs can you maybe go get the 14th pick but Brooklyn literally has four picks in the first round on top of a 36 pick in the second round so I mean nearly five first round picks right so if you’re the Lakers I don’t think you’ll be able to get the eighth pick 19th maybe if not they have the 26th and the 27th pick backtoback picks can you get maybe both or one of those right and then you know the the 36th in the second round maybe you could get that maybe you could do you know the 26th and the 36th right maybe you’re trading the the 55th pick and you know a future pick or something like that right like I don’t hate the idea of the Lakers and I’ve talked about it moving into this draft this draft is a very deep versatile draft that has many guys that are you know known and then even some that are going to be you know that are a bit unknown or not as like hyped up right especially in the later rounds um obviously when you’re talking about an NBA draft it’s always a crapshoot regardless right it’s always something that you know even number one picks flop more often than are successful right and you know that’s not counting the the random 26th pick that ends up just becoming the best player in the draft or one of the top three players in the draft and you look back and it’s like man how did that guy fall to 26th or you know you get scenarios where you know you see it every year a guy is supposed to I mean Dalton Connect was as high as like top five in the last year’s draft and ended up falling all the way to 17th for the Lakers right so it’s very possible that there could be something that a player falls lakers also have so many needs and they need youth they need athleticism they need good versatility out there now it it’s harder to trade for a first round pick than it is like a second round pick but also again like don’t focus on the lottery pick obviously if you can get the eighth pick that’d be awesome but to me I’m not even worried about that can you get the 19th the 26th the 27th all three just two just one right now I know Brooklyn is a team that wants to kind of hit the reset button hit the rebuild button but are they really looking to bring in like six rookies you know what I mean like are they really looking to bring in because that counting the other second round like is that counting you know other players that they take off of trades for trading at CL like what are they just going to cut and wave a bunch of guys and do like you know so to me it’s like they’re probably a team that’s going to have to trade one if not multiple of those picks could you turn Dalton Connect into two of those first right could you turn Daltton Connect into like the 19th and 27th pick then the Lakers could look to trade maybe one of those and and now you have two first that you could trade to go get something else and then you know maybe draft a guy or maybe you draft him both guys right it’s just just a thought i’m not saying I know some people would not want to trade Dalton Connect regardless but it’s just a thought right just using that more as an example than like hey go do that right my my point is can you work something out whether it’s through a Nick Claxton trade or a trade independently where it’s like hey you know we’ll we’ll trade you the problem is the Lakers don’t have an abundance of picks which means you’d have to probably trade a player right now i mean look if you could get if you could turn Austin Reeves into like the eighth and 19th pick along with like Nick Claxton right like let’s say you did Ruie and Reeves for the eighth pick the 19th pick Nick Claxton and maybe like a Zair Williams i don’t I don’t know if the debts would do that it kind of sounds like a bit of an overpay for a reason if I’m being honest right i know there’s a lot of people that would think otherwise right but like I mean Austin Reeves is worth at least two first like he would go like he’s probably a lottery pick plus right i don’t know about like Cooper Flag level but you know the eighth pick in a yes this is a deeper draft but it like it’s not so deep where it’s like man the eighth pick man he’s a surefire lock championship contender but it’s just Yes i and I know people’s argument is like well you know you’re losing the scoring and all that stuff that you’d get from him right now but the Lakers yes they’re trying to go for it now but they’re also trying to build around Luca Donuch for the future right they’re trying to balance it out you’re not going to be able to balance it out right and if you are going to balance it out it’s going to be via you know something like this where you’re going and getting a bunch of young guys that can maybe help now and be development guys for the future maybe even trade pieces later on and you’re going to go in free agency and then getting that guy like I said in a Nick Claxton or whatever that’s coming in and helping solve a knee right it’s that that’s how you balance it but the Lakers are going to have to pick a direction regardless and I just look at this and I’m like man if if you could get like the Nets have to figure something out right again are they really going to draft like five six seven guys probably not right so you know maybe you’re taking the 2031 pick but the problem is then then you don’t have any first to trade i mean you could trade those first but it’s like you know would they give you a first for Ruie right but they’re a team that is probably likely looking to rebuild to tank right but maybe you get Nick Claxton in the deal that’s why to me I think it would make more sense to try to do a Nick Claxton deal where it’s like you know okay we want Nick Claxton we’ll give you the you know whatever the 20 31st pick and then salary match and they’re like no we want Dalton connect and it’s like no you can’t have Dalton connect right like it doesn’t make sense for a straight dog connect for Nick Claxton right and then you keep pushing and then eventually you fall in like Nick Claxton and you know the the 19th and 27th pick or the 26th and 20 and 36th pick right so you’re getting like those like early second round pick plus that and you’re trading you know like Ruy Connect um Gabe Vincent and then you know two pick swaps or something like that and it’s like oh man Lakers gave up a lot for Nick Claxton it’s like yeah but they also got two lottery or not lottery picks but a first round pick and then an early second round pick plus their 55th pick to where they could go get a couple guys right and you look at guys that could you could potentially get I mean if you could get like the 19th pick then you could probably get like a a Joan uh Burringer right who’s like a young you know what 611 kind of high upside potential center type guy um you got Jace Richardson who’s projected to go and hire guys right like Lakers just need youth athleticism obviously center position um you know like a Thomas right like could you maybe get something like that if depending if you get the 19th pick and then you know there’s there’s tons of guys on the back end of this draft early second round that you could maybe get right i talked about a couple i’m going to continue to talk about a couple as we move closer to um this upcoming draft i’m definitely going to keep kind of tacking away but I just I don’t hate the idea of like again turning like can you trade like Nets just have an abundance of picks are they really going to bring in four five six again they have just just in the top 30 like they you talk about literally like you’re talking five picks in the first 36 right like it’s just are they really they’re going to bring in five rookies even for a rebuilding team even for a team that’s trying to hit the reset button here that’s a lot of rookies because they’re still going to have guys regardless you know you’re still going to have Dron Sharp still going to have Clowney you’re still going to you know even if you trade Claxton to the Lakers you know you’re still going to have like probably Cam John unless you can move Cam Johnson right you might be able to move some of the vets but you’re also probably going to have to take back players in those trades so now you’re waving a bunch of guys you’re doing all this you know what I mean it’s just it’s a lot it’s a lot for any team right even a a rebuild team yeah they have bunch of guys falling off the books and stuff but you know is is that the route that they’re going to go i just if if I’m the Lakers I’m trying to find teams like that right i talked about San Antonio can you can you maybe work something out if they miss out on Kevin Durant can you maybe go and be like “Hey you know would would you trade how badly do you want Austin Reeds?” You know like that was a team that was very interested in Austin Reeves maybe work something out can you would they even trade the number two pick for Austin Reeves right maybe i don’t know you never know what a team is willing to do you know it’s easy to be like “Oh absolutely not they would not do that.” Yeah people said that about you know Pal Gasol people said that about you know Luca Donic people said that about like you go down the list forever right like oh no one would ever trade that like and then they do right like it happens all the time um you know teams have all kinds of reasons and logic and incentives and whatnot for why they do what they do right so to me I just look at a team like the Brooklyn Nets and I’m like man they they have an abundance of picks in this draft to where you can go get some young athletes again Lakers are going to have to be creative they’re going to have to get outside the box they need a lot of positions of need and they just need youth and athleticism just to get you through the like even those guys those guys don’t even have to necessarily play come playoff time you just need them to get you through the regular season it’s 82 game season you need guys that can just be young athletes go out there and hoop and win you some games and then once you get to the playoffs you can shrink it down to you know your your top seven eight guys it’s fine but go get some youth anyway as always this is a discussion so let me know your thoughts and opinions down in the comments that being said if you haven’t liked this video hit that like button helps me a lot if you enjoy these types of videos and I truly appreciate it not subscribe channel hit that subscribe button turn on the bell notifications appreciate y’all see you in the next one thank you

Lakers have several needs that must be addressed and the Brooklyn Nets are a team that has been linked. Lakers Trade with the Nets should also be targeting the picks that the Nets have an abundance of. Lakers Nation could look to upgrade the roster and land multiple pieces this offseason.

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