Can the Lakers Trade for a High Quality Center Without Including Austin Reaves?

Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers · Jun 18, 2025 · 32m

The Lakers need a center. Everyone knows it. Getting one, however, won't be easy. Earlier in the week, we broke down the challenge of filling the hole through free agency. There aren't that many good centers on the market, and the Lakers can't offer all that much money. So that leaves the trade market. And there, the Lakers only have a few genuinely marketable assets. There's the first round pick they can offer, Dalton Knecht, and Austin Reaves. Could Reaves bring back a high end C? Are there any even kind of on the market where you feel sacrificing Reaves is worth it? All of this points to…