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What Assets Do the Lakers Have To Build Around Luka Dončić This Summer?
The assignment for Rob Pelinka is clear: Build a winning roster around Luka Dončić. In the short term, that (likely) includes LeBron James. In the long run, it won't. Is Austin Reaves part of the equation? It seems like it, but is that set in stone? The Lakers have a lot of needs—center, rebounding and wing depth at the top of the list—without a lot of assets to make it happen. Pelinka has some expiring contracts (Rui Hachimura, Gabe Vincent most notably), some potentially appealing players (Hachimura, Dalton Knecht) and a few draft assets (a first rounder in '31 or '32, a second rounder, a…
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