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Jovan Buha: My\u00a0understanding\u00a0is\u00a0I think the Lakers are clinging to the\u00a02026 pick for a potential shot at Giannis Antetokounmpo\u00a0this summer or into next season or\u00a0whatever star potentially becomes\u00a0available this offseason.<\/a> So that is a\u00a0calculus within this of you could have\u00a0three picks on draft night to trade\u00a0which\u00a0if let’s just say for argument sake the\u00a0Lakers have the 26th pick.\u00a0You could theoretically\u00a0or maybe back channel this\u00a0like \u2018hey Milwaukee if we give you\u00a0this pick plus two other firsts plus\u00a0sign-and-trade Austin Reaves and we make the\u00a0money work, because\u00a0it’s the offseason, the typical\u00a0CBA dynamics are a bit more flexible in\u00a0terms of trades and you still have to get under the\u00a0different aprons and caps at certain points, but there’s a\u00a0little bit more flexibility in the\u00a0offseason, \u2018Hey, would you do Austin plus\u00a0X, plus three picks for Giannis?\u2019\u00a0That’s a conversation you could have and then you could draft technically\u00a0like on behalf of Milwaukee.<\/p>\n

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