Trae? Dejounte? How the Hawks Landing the #1 Pick Impacts the Lakers. Plus, LeBron Attends a Cavs Game!

The Lakers were not participants in the weekend's NBA Draft Lottery. Not directly, at least. 

Indirectly, however? Yeah, they're involved. Because when the Atlanta Hawks won the thing (despite only having a 3% chance of doing so), earning the top pick, it added an unexpected wrinkle to this offseason. If the Hawks decide to put guards Trae Young and Dejounte Murray on the market, the Lakers are expected to be interested in both. 

But does winning the top pick make Atlanta more or less likely to put folks on the market? Does it mean the price goes up or down? 

And which of those guys should they target? 

And is the answer neither, if Donovan Mitchell is available? 

How the Lakers view this question philosophically will reveal a lot about the direction they go this summer. Could continuity still be on the table? The Lakers and D'Angelo Russell could remain in a relationship of mutual need. There is no rule that says Rui Hachimura must be traded. They don't have to reconstruct the roster completely. 

But they could!

Meanwhile, Bronny James looks (for now at least) like he's staying in the Draft. How might the Lakers react to that? And why was LeBron in Cleveland watching Cavs/Celtics on Monday? CONSPIRACY THEORY TIME! 

 

HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky

SEGMENT 1: How the Draft Lottery might shake up LA's offseason. 

SEGMENT 2: Murray or Young? Young or Murray? Or neither? 

SEGMENT 3: Bronny and the Draft, LeBron and ... intrigue!!!

 

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