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The NBA trade deadline is officially in the rearview mirror, and Dan Woike of The Los Angeles Times reports that the Lakers are indeed “done” and have no impending moves waiting in the phone call queue with the league office.
So how does the roster and asset cupboard look for Los Angeles now? Here is where things stand after an extremely active 24 hours for the purple and gold.
The players and picks the Lakers acquired
- D’Angelo Russell
- Malik Beasley
- Jarred Vanderbilt
- Rui Hachimura
- Davon Reed
- Mo Bamba
- 2024 Clippers second-round pick
- 2025 Clippers second-round pick
The picks and players the Lakers sent out
- Russell Westbrook
- Kendrick Nunn
- Juan Toscano-Anderson
- Damian Jones
- Thomas Bryant
- Patrick Beverley
- 2027 first-round pick (top-four protected)
- Less favorable of 2028 Washington/Lakers second-picks
- 2029 Lakers second-round pick
The new, full Lakers roster
- LeBron James
- Anthony Davis
- D’Angelo Russell
- Malik Beasley
- Jarred Vanderbilt
- Rui Hachimura
- Mo Bamba
- Austin Reaves
- Lonnie Walker IV
- Dennis Schroder
- Wenyen Gabriel
- Max Christie
- Troy Brown Jr.
- Davon Reed
- Open roster spot
- Scotty Pippen Jr. (two-way contract)
- Cole Swider (two-way contract)
Picks the Lakers have left
All of these are the Lakers’ own picks unless otherwise noted.
- 2023 first-round pick (New Orleans can swap)
- 2023 second-round pick*
- 2024 or 2025 first-round pick (New Orleans can take one outright, the Lakers own the other, but can’t trade either currently as a result)
- 2024 Clippers second-round pick
- 2025 second-round pick
- 2025 Clippers second-round pick
- 2026 first-round pick (can’t be traded because the Lakers already traded 2027)
- 2027 second-round pick
- 2028 first-round pick (can’t be traded Jazz may own 2027)
- 2029 first-round pick
What do you think of the new team? How would you grade Rob Pelinka’s deadline? What are the team’s remaining needs on the buyout market with that final roster spot? Are you ready to fill out this apology form?
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Let us know how you’re feeling about all of this — and where you think the Lakers stack up in the Western Conference with the dust settled — in the comments below.
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