Jovan Buha: My understanding is I think the Lakers are clinging to the 2026 pick for a potential shot at Giannis Antetokounmpo this summer or into next season or whatever star potentially becomes available this offseason. So that is a calculus within this of you could have three picks on draft night to trade which if let’s just say for argument sake the Lakers have the 26th pick. You could theoretically or maybe back channel this like ‘hey Milwaukee if we give you this pick plus two other firsts plus sign-and-trade Austin Reaves and we make the money work, because it’s the offseason, the typical CBA dynamics are a bit more flexible in terms of trades and you still have to get under the different aprons and caps at certain points, but there’s a little bit more flexibility in the offseason, ‘Hey, would you do Austin plus X, plus three picks for Giannis?’ That’s a conversation you could have and then you could draft technically like on behalf of Milwaukee.
