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Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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

Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

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 another truth: It's a trap for the Lakers to only focus their trade efforts on a center. They have other holes that need filling, and the priority should be getting the best players possible with the understanding that not everything can be fixed at once. Meanwhile, Tuesday was the 15th anniversary of LA's epic Game 7 Finals win over the Celtics. We take a look back. HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky SEGMENT 1: Can the Lakers get a center in a trade? SEGMENT 2: Looking back at the 2010 Finals Game 7. SEGMENT 3: Are there any C's available that would be worth Reaves? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! OLIPOP Get a free can of OLIPOP! Just buy any two cans in store and they’ll reimburse you for one. Head to drinkolipop.com/LOCKEDONNBA to claim your free can and find OLIPOP near you.  CarGurus Buy or sell your next car today with CarGurus at CarGurus.comto make sure your big deal is the best deal. WayFair Give your home the refresh it needs with Wayfair. Head to Wayfair.com right now. Wayfair. Every style. Every home. Monarch Money Take control of your finances with Monarch Money. Use code LOCKEDONNBA at monarchmoney.com/lockedonnba for 50% off your first year Gametime Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use codeLOCKEDONNBAfor $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Download Gametime today. What time is it? Gametime. FanDuel Right now, new customers can get TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS in BONUS BETS when your first FIVE DOLLAR BET WINS! Download the app or head to FANDUEL.COM to get started. Bet with FanDuel—Official Partner of the NBA. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN)

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody. Welcome to Lock on Lakers for Wednesday. Brian Komenetsky, Andy Kaminetsky.

0:04.9

Can the Lakers get themselves a high-end center without trading Austin Reeves? That is next.

0:17.8

You are Locked on Lakers. Your daily Los Angeles Lakers podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team

0:26.6

every day.

0:30.1

Thanks to everybody for making Locked on Lakers.

0:31.9

First listen to every day, Monday through Friday, no matter how, where you get your podcast,

0:35.0

this one's always going to be free and never behind a paywall.

0:37.5

And of course, Locked on Lakers on YouTube is where you can go hang out with over 35,000

0:42.1

subscribers to the channel, Andy, all of whom are still trying to figure out how exactly

0:47.1

the Lakers are going to fill this gaping hole if they have at center that is not a secret.

0:55.8

Exactly.

0:56.6

I mean, this is, it's not unknown around the league that the Lakers have a gap in their

1:02.8

lineup at the position.

1:05.5

And wouldn't shock me if teams make it hard for them to fill it.

1:10.1

So we'll get into all of that.

1:11.6

Plus, Andy, it is the anniversary of the single greatest press conference in NBA history.

1:19.0

That happened on Tuesday.

1:20.8

So we'll talk about that momentarily.

1:23.3

I do want to let people know that today's episode is brought to you by Game Time,

1:27.8

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1:34.5

So we've done a lot over the last few episodes trying to figure out a bunch of different things related to the center position.

1:45.6

Can they get one free agency?

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