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Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

What Centers are Good Enough to Make it Worth Trading Austin Reaves?

Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The Lakers, it is reported, would trade Austin Reaves for a "foundational piece." That doesn't have to be a center, necessarily, but certainly the five is LA's biggest need, and as LA's best trade chip, people are going to at least make those connections. But practically speaking, who exactly would that mean? Like, sure, the Lakers would trade Austin for Nikola Jokic or Wemby... but that's not a world we live in. So what names out there are even remotely possible? And of the guys that are even more possible, would any of them actually be worth sacrificing Reaves? It's a tricky place, for sure. Because the list of names worthy of Reaves isn't long, and the list of gettable centers includes many where Reaves would be too high a price to pay. It's a tough needle for Rob Pelinka to thread. Meanwhile, the league may get some clarity on the Giannis situation, as he and the Bucks are expected to meet this week to talk about his future in Milwaukee. A resolution to this doesn't mean he's coming to the Lakers - he's not - but would help keep offseason movement robust, which does favor the Lakers. If everyone is waiting around to figure out Giannis's future, that hurts LA. The Lakers need action. HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky SEGMENT 1: Who are the centers that might be available for Reaves? SEGMENT 2: What does the rest of the market look like? SEGMENT 3: Giannis and Milwaukee and how it impacts LA. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! CarGurus Buy or sell your next car today with CarGurus at CarGurus.com to make sure your big deal is the best deal. SKIMS Shop SKIMS Mens at SKIMS.com/lockedonnba. Let them know we sent you! After you place your order, select "podcast" in the survey and select our show in the dropdown menu that follows. Monarch Money Take control of your finances with Monarch Money. Use code LOCKEDONNBA at monarchmoney.com for 50% off your first year. 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 everyone. Welcome to Locked on Lakers for Monday. Brian Komeneski, Andy Komeneske.

0:04.2

The Lakers say they would trade Austin Reeves for a foundational piece, presumably at center.

0:10.5

Who exactly does that mean? Who could that mean? That's next.

0:27.7

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

0:33.0

Thanks to everybody for making Locked on Lakers first listen of every day, Monday through Friday,

0:36.8

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0:40.7

and Locked on Lakers on YouTube is where you can go hang out.

0:43.7

With over 35,000 subscribers, Andy, all of whom are, they're getting themselves ready for the summer.

0:50.9

They're looking at what's going on in the playoffs and trying to divine lessons from that.

0:56.0

They're checking out Janus Antecoompo meeting with the bucks this week.

1:00.7

Could that have a positive impact on the Lakers?

1:04.2

We will tell you that before the end of today's show.

1:07.7

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at monarchmoney.com for 50% off your first order. The second thing I need to tell you,

1:20.3

though, Andy is we went into, I believe it was Friday's episode about Alex, Alex Caruso.

1:27.4

He's been on the minds of a lot of people this weekend.

1:30.3

We may bring him up as we talk about team building about Austin.

1:33.3

Congratulations, by the way, to Alex Caruso as part of the Thunder now

1:37.3

officially punching their ticket to the Western Conference Finals.

1:40.3

Also, this is something that may come up during the week, but either way,

1:49.7

congratulations to former baby Lakers, Julius Randall and Josh Hart for also being a part of the conference finals, West and East.

1:53.0

So I'm sure people will point out in the comments section that I did get my

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