Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers - Is a "Foundational Piece" the Only Option for Lakers in an Austin Reaves Trade?

Starting point is 00:00:00 Everyone, welcome to Locked on Lakers for Tuesday. Brian Komenetsky, Andy Kaminetsky, lots of listener reaction to our show about the concept of trading Austin Reeves for a center. Who do we forget? What do we get right? What did we get wrong? We'll talk about it next. You are Locked on Lakers. Your daily Los Angeles Lakers podcast.

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Starting point is 00:00:53 themselves back to the top of the Western Conference next year, despite a lot of work that Rob Polinket needs to do with this team. So we'll break that down. We'll take a look at some of the Lakers nostalgia, as the conference finals are rolling on with a lot of prominent former Lakers deeply involved in that. And, of course, I'll take a viewer mail, listener mail question about LeBron James. Are there actually any credible scenarios where LeBron doesn't return to the Lakers next season? But, Andy, let's start with our show Monday about Austin Reeves.

Starting point is 00:01:30 You kind of made a list, a couple names we might have forgotten, which we'll bring up here in a second, but we kind of went through the league, starting centers mostly, and just talked about who exactly is out there. Like if you were going to trade Austin Reeves for a foundational piece, that is what Dan Wakey said the Lakers would have to be something that good for the Lakers to trade Austin Reeves. Not just doing it for fun here. And we kind of went through all the league and looked at some of those names. man alive. A lot of comments. A lot of feedback, a lot of comments on the YouTube page over on Twitter at Cam Brothers. And I was really impressed with a few things. First, how wide a variety there is in just what people think about Reeves as a player, how much variety people think there is in his trade value. Because that's a really interesting question too. Like, How much value does he really have? And of course, who are these centers around the league that people think are worthy of using that chip?

Starting point is 00:02:43 Letting it be known. This was my list to do, and I'm the one that forgot a few names. The most glaring one that I forgot that I think truly should have been there. And a couple of people pointed out in the comments. And thank you, as always, for leaving the comments, even when they are correcting us. We appreciate that. DeMontos Sabonis in Sacramento. I had left him off the list, to be totally honest,

Starting point is 00:03:04 I think in part in my head, I thought that he had been starting alongside Trey Liles more than he actually had been, but also because in terms of the type of center that I think the Lakers really need with Luca specifically, I don't think Subonis is that type of fit. And if we had put Subonis out there, I would have said that I would not do that, not because I think Subonis is a better player than Austin Reeves. Sure. But I think Subonis is also not a great fit for Luca. Side note, I think Subonis is this very talented, very difficult player to peg the best way to utilize him,

Starting point is 00:03:49 the best way to build around him, build alongside him. He's a front court version of Austin Reeves in a lot of ways. He does a lot of the same kinds of things. he's a really good offensive player. He's a wonderful distributor, you know, excellent assist guy. Great rebound. Great rebounder. That's one area where you could say he would certainly help the Lakers.

Starting point is 00:04:12 But like he doesn't solve your defensive problems. He doesn't address, you know, your need for a vertical threat. And I think one of the things that we were really, that became clear that was part of the exercise is the idea that it's not, just a matter of better player lesser player it's also fit you're going to need to get a guy who really works with what you're doing it doesn't do the lakers any good to go out and get a star player a player of sabonis's caliber if the fit doesn't work to use a chip like austin reeves um and then you know guy like that but like jaron jackson junior other players that we discuss just those guys are Austin Reeves and type players.

Starting point is 00:05:04 Like you're going to have to add a little bit more to that beyond just making salaries work to make that other team even be interested in what you're trying to do. If you're talking about Jaron Jackson Jr., Bamatabio, players like that that are really, you know, all-star level guys, you've got to make sure the player you're getting back makes sense and fits. And, you know, Jaron Jackson, Jr., I said yesterday on the show that he was not a great, he's a good shot blocker, he's a bad rebounder for his size. That's where he's more deficient as a player. But offensively, he can stretch the floor, he can do all kinds of stuff like that. He's a person you can imagine around Luca Donchich in a way that makes sense.

Starting point is 00:05:51 So is he perfect? No, few players are. Reeves isn't either. Otherwise, we wouldn't be having this conversation. But it just, it gets back to this idea that every move that Polinka makes this offseason, the fit has to be right because they can't continue to try to undo mistakes. And like he's got a remark, Polinka's got a remarkable record of sort of somehow extricating himself from bad situations.

Starting point is 00:06:23 But like, Nico Harrison isn't going to come by all. time to just offer up Luca. It's like a way out of your Anthony Davis, LeBron James core problem. So like at some point you have to stop making mistakes with your fit. Yeah. And, you know, the other two names that have, that people brought up that we didn't mention at all. One was Zion Williamson, who is not a center.

Starting point is 00:06:47 He's, he's six, six. He is only a center as a small ball look. There's also talented as he is way. No. He's basically all the concerns you have about Luca, but on steroids and gravy. Right, for real. If you're worried about fitness and health? No, absolutely not.

Starting point is 00:07:11 Zion is wonderfully talented, not going near that. And the other guy that came up was Mitchell Robinson with the Knicks, who was playing quite well during this playoff run. I don't know if I would include Austin in a trade for Mitchell Robinson. He's sort of on the border, but if he were healthier, I would consider. Well, you left him off in part because you were making lists of starting centers throughout the league and he's not the starter. Right. I did. But there was a couple other guys like, you know, when I brought up Wendell Carter Jr. and Goga Patazi, like there were a few like high end backup guys that I. Did you mention lively? I think people mentioned you might have left Eric lively off.

Starting point is 00:07:50 I left that was probably because you knew that if the Mavs traded lively to L.A., they would. burn the arena down. Right. I did not bring up lively because that feels like a non-starter. Can you imagine? Right. Like I don't think that that's a thing. So that's why I didn't bring him up. I brought up Daniel Gaffer because he's the center in Dallas that I could even sort of conceive of a world where Nico goes back to the table with Rob. But the other thing that is important to bring up in terms of the reaction to this show. And it really did get a ton of reaction and thank you again. the names that we landed on in terms of centers that we could even picture a world where they potentially become available for a variety of reasons.

Starting point is 00:08:36 The team feels like it's at a crossroads, money, yada, yada, that we would sort of consider becoming available, that we would at minimum consider trading for re-trading resource, if not definitely. Jerry and Jackson Jr. Bam, Atabio, Vita Zubox, Jared Allen, Walker Kessler. I believe that was the list. We got a lot of reaction that was, well, Memphis wouldn't trade Jaron Jackson Jr. for Austin Reeves. Miami's not trading Bam, out of all. We never said they would. We didn't even address that part of it because for this conversation, we were leaving that to the side. We were viewing this purely through the prism of what the Lakers would do, because to us, that's actually more instructive. in terms of figuring out what the Lakers can, can't do, will, won't do with Austin Reeves. The whole would the other team do it? That's a separate conversation that for the time being, we're not even going there.

Starting point is 00:09:32 Right. And there's another way to view this potentially where foundational piece may be the wrong way to look at it. And there is another option with Austin Reeves. We'll get to that next. Lockdown Lakers is brought to you by. car gurus, Andy. And shopping for a car, it should not be this wildly stressful, horrific event that you get the cold sweats and you start worrying about it. You ought to be able to in this year of our Lord 2025, you ought to be able to go on the internet, find a price of a car, figure out if it's a

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Starting point is 00:11:23 is probably Austin Reeves and. I don't know how much more. I don't think it's Austin Reeves and Dalton Connect and the pick and four pick swaps and all the, the gap between those two players isn't that big. But it's probably- Nor is Jaron Jackson respectfully that good. Right. That's what I'm saying.

Starting point is 00:11:39 Like, you know, he's been on all-star teams and whatever, but the gap between those two players is not massive. Setting aside for a moment whether or not Memphis would even be interested in that, and I don't think they would be, but whatever. Miami with Bamadabio. There's a gap there. The Lakers would have to make it up.

Starting point is 00:11:59 Do they have enough stuff? Don't know. The other option would be, we talked about a guy like Nick Claxton, and whether or not, like, is he worth Austin Reeves? I think the sentiment is that the Lakers could probably acquire Claxton without sacrificing Reeves, who is their best trade chip. Whether you think he is overrated, whether you think he is underrated, properly rated, or whatever, he is absolutely their best chip because of what he makes next year.

Starting point is 00:12:34 And, you know, he's relatively young, can play with a lot of different players, good guy, improving big, broad skill set. There's a lot of reasons. And because, to be totally honest, the Lakers don't have a lot of trade chips. Well, yeah, that's true, too. I'm just saying he is their best, even if you, right, I mean, he's the best friendship by default. Better than Dalton Connect, better than the 2031 or 2032 pick.

Starting point is 00:12:59 Right. He wins. He wins because I think he's a good trade chip. He also because ain't much competition. That is true. And, you know, he is, though it is worth pointing out in some ways a better chip than he was last year because I think last year in terms of how he played over the course of the regular season, and quite frankly, the amount that he played over the course of the regular season,

Starting point is 00:13:25 availability is the best ability and all that stuff. It is, you know, he really, I think, improved his standing around the league. Playoffs notwithstanding. But he also got himself closer to his payday, which makes him a little trickier in that regard. And I think does undercut some of the. the value is teams knowing that they are going to have to pay him pretty soon. That said, and that they can't most likely just extend him this offseason. Correct.

Starting point is 00:13:58 They trade for him because nobody expects him to sign an extension this off season because 2026 he stands to make way more money, which means he is a potential flight risk for every team, including, by the way, the Lakers. Right. And I love that term. What guys like that makes it sound like they're out on bail. But, you know, there are ways around that. Maybe you're trading for somebody that, you know,

Starting point is 00:14:24 maybe it doesn't have to be signed to an extension next year, but it's getting a little bit older. And in two years, you have to sign to an extension that you, you might need rather swap it out for a guy who's going to be 27 when you have to sign them rather than somebody's going to be 31 or 32. There are all kinds of ways to work around this sort of thing. The other option, though, would be somebody like Nick Claxton, I agree with you.

Starting point is 00:14:44 I think that at the very least, you try real hard. you put an Austin Reeves in there. And if that's the best thing, you probably save Reeves and either use him. That doesn't make you better enough. Right. It doesn't make you better enough. And because Austin Reeves is really, really good. But you could also with some of these teams, if you, you know, organizing some kind of deal around Daniel Gafford is sign and trade out of the mechanics of it again, setting it aside.

Starting point is 00:15:13 Gafford's definitely not good enough for, for Reeves. But what if you, to go back to the Brooklyn example, Cam Johnson is a name that's been, you know, certainly spoken about in Lakers circles. Doesn't solve all your problems, solves, but certainly addresses some pretty good wing defender, very good outside shooter, and would, to say the least,

Starting point is 00:15:40 probably have more open shots than he's seen in years playing with Luca and LeBron, fits where he could play the three. LeBron naturally slides the four. You know, you have Claxton at five or something like that. Cam Johnson, Cam Thomas is a name that, you know, sort of controversial around NBA circles, but improved a great deal last year before the Nets,

Starting point is 00:16:10 just, you know, anybody who could make a bucket was shut down so they could get a better pick. Like there is that option, what I'm talking about here, of maybe getting depth, two or three players in a trade where Reeves is the guy that, okay, fine, you can get Reeves, but now you've got to give us two or three players or a couple different assets or something like that. And maybe coming out that way,

Starting point is 00:16:37 I know the Lakers have said long-winded, but Lakers have said foundational piece, but there is another alternative. Would you consider that? It would depend on the particular With Brooklyn, just because we're running with this Brooklyn example, who comes back with Nick Claxton, but also too, who goes out with Austin? Because let's just say, for example, I don't know the money in front of me,

Starting point is 00:17:00 I'm not getting into those weeds, but let's just say we're talking about Austin and Rui for Nick Claxton and Cam Johnson. That to me feels like a sideways move. I don't think you are getting any better that way. Johnson's not better, you know, significantly better than Rui. A little better defensively, better ball mover. I don't know if he's actually better defensively. I think it depends on a matchup.

Starting point is 00:17:24 Cam Johnson has been extremely up and down as a defender. But he's a reputation, if nothing else, and he can play the three more than four. This was also years ago when he was on Phoenix, and back when Phoenix was actually a serious team. Now he is since, Phoenix has since become an unserious team. and the Nets are an unsurious team, but that's none of our business. And Cam Johnson is a little older and has. Right. He's got a lot of injury.

Starting point is 00:17:49 Health problems. Right. But I don't think Austin and Rui for Nick Claston and Cam Johnson makes them considerably better, even if you want to say it balances the roster more to some degree. But if say you were talking about Austin and Maxie Kleba and Shake Milton for Nick Clackson and Camden, I don't know for sure if I do it, but that at least seems to be a trade that could make the Lakers better, whereas the Austin and Rui piece of it, to me, is sideways at best. So a lot of this is going to, you're going to really have to start drilling down on those details. And certainly we saw in the playoffs, not just with the Lakers, but across the NBA, depth matters.

Starting point is 00:18:36 And, you know, this notion that once the playoffs begin, you know, everyone cuts down to six or seven players. and your depth is overrated. We're starting to seem not as much as it used to. Yeah. You want to have, look, you want to have more options. You want to have more options that you think are playable. And when you don't have them, it starts to become problematic for teams around the league. A lot of the ones that have got eliminated are the ones that have found themselves

Starting point is 00:19:02 dealing with lesser death. It's not the sole reason they got eliminated. But, you know, it was an issue for the Lakers. It was an issue for Denver. Like, it has happened for teams. across the league. Again, it's not exclusive to every single team that is advanced or not advanced, but I think we are starting to get to a place now where depth matters a little bit more, especially considering I think we're also starting to realize that this style of play in the new

Starting point is 00:19:27 NBA, while maybe not as old school pounding as people remember the 90s and early 2000s, it is quite taxing. And it is really draining on people's bodies. It's leaving to a lot of injuries. It could be a conversation for another show, but I think the depth of options is starting to matter a lot, and the Lakers' depth could use some improvement. Yeah, it's funny. Like, I think the depth question, it's not so much like, what do you like one through nine? But it's like, are you viable one through five, one through six? Like, do you really, are you, the problem with the Lakers wasn't that they, you know, they,

Starting point is 00:20:05 that they're six and seven and eighth guys weren't good enough. It's that in, in, in- According to JJ Redick, they weren't. Well, they absolutely weren't. But, like, the bigger problem was in this series, in a lot of ways, their third, fourth, and fifth guys weren't good enough. Like, they, you know, the, the, the nuggets were kind of eaten away, not necessarily just because, like, you know, Strother had, like, one great game, but, like, wasn't, or, like, you know, they're not getting enough from Zeke Naji and guys like that. It's because Michael Porter Jr. wasn't very good. Like, you know, they're just, he's banged up.

Starting point is 00:20:41 But like, you need four or five really either. Your stars have to be incredible. And it's hard to do. I mean, as down as some of Yokic's games were, he still has left the playoffs as the top playoff leader in like basically every statistical category. So the Lakers have to figure out what kind of depth they need, what kind of fit they can put together.

Starting point is 00:21:06 It's a lot of work. And so it's something that will, keep talking about for sure. Keep leaving us questions. Keep leaving us comments. Want to get into this a little bit of nostalgia for the Lakers, former Lakers that are playing prominent roles in the Western conference finals and answer a question that somebody left about LeBron. Do all that next. Locked on Lakers is brought to you by skims and I am someone who is super picky about underwear. I only like to wear boxer briefs. It is all I wear and they have to have a certain feel, certain tightness, but also certain looseness. It's like Goldilocks. They've got to be.

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Starting point is 00:22:21 Let them know we sent you. This is extremely important. After you place your order, select the podcast in the survey and then select our show, Locked on Lakers, in the drop-down menu that follows. We want the credit. Help us, help you, and then help us again. Skims is the official underwear partner of the NBA, W-NBA, and USA Basketball. Um, prominent Lakers, Andy, playing a role, former Lakers, playing a role in teams, uh, advancing into the conference finals in the Eastern Conference, of course, um, Josh Hart is a critical piece for the New York Knicks and has played a great all season. He's had a great season. It's been really fun to watch in the West. Obviously, Lakers fans saw what Julius Randall was doing, um, for Minnesota. That was sad.

Starting point is 00:23:17 Good for Julius, kind of sad. And Alex Caruso is playing a big role for the funder. And that is especially sad because it's a role that the Lakers really could have used themselves. And there's still no reason that he was let go. Nope. I was on vacation when that happened. And it was, you know, emergency. we just launched the YouTube channel, I think, too, on the network.

Starting point is 00:23:49 And I put it up there and like, I remember people being like, settle down, you know, it's just one guy, like, you know, whatever. Yeah, we tried to tell you all. We tried to tell you. Get over it, man. Alex Caruso, you guys are just over, right? No, really not. Really, really not.

Starting point is 00:24:07 Nope. It's funny, too. Like, let him go for no reason. Just money. No, well, money. and then because you badly mis-evaluated the question between him and Taylor and Horton-Tucker. Like if you were going to decide this because of a self-induced monetary decision, which again, should just kept them both, whatever.

Starting point is 00:24:34 But if you're going to choose between the two, you got to choose right. And they chose both the wrong player and the more expensive player on top of the wrong player but i tweeted out a photo uh i believe it was game five of nix pacers where josh hart ended up getting bloody to cross his face and i said that yeah yeah he quite literally gave his blood sweat and tears for the nicks to get into the eastern conference finals and that pick ended up generating a and ginning up a lot of laker baby lakers nostalgia that i didn't necessarily expect just from that photo but it reminds you reminded me of a piece that I wrote when Brian and I covered the Lakers for the Athletic.

Starting point is 00:25:20 It was one of the first pieces that, one of the first pieces that I wrote talking about, and this was, we got hired right around the time when everybody was gearing up for at the time, it felt like LeBron and Paul George joining the Lakers. And with that expectation, it was like, what's going to happen with Julius Randall and Brandon Amingram and Lonzo Ball and Josh Hart, Kyle Kuzma, Larry Nance Jr., all down the line. And I wrote a piece about how, look, nobody knows what this young core of kids could do. Could they win a championship together? I'd said, I'm paraphrasing a bit of myself, but, you know, it's not out of the question, but the odds don't favor it,

Starting point is 00:26:04 just because the odds don't favor most teams winning a championship. And you will increase your odds if you bring in somebody like LeBron. and some established All-Star, All-NBA level outsiders. But that championship that you win with those outsiders, it's awesome. You will be excited by it, but it will never feel exactly the same as a championship that's spearheaded by at least a couple of your own guys. And I ended the piece by saying there will always be a part of me wondering about a sliding doors version of the Lakers, the sliding door version that is basically just Lanzo, B.I., Randall,

Starting point is 00:26:51 Hart, Kuzma, Nance, Zubots, down the line. Obviously, they're not going to be able to keep them all. They're not going to be able to keep them all, but some combination of those groups. And I ended up by saying, there will always be a part of me wondering about a sliding doors version of the Lakers, and I won't be alone. and every now and then whenever fans see these former Lakers that maybe they were a little bit more attached to in the moment than they realized because there was frustration and uncertainty about the direction of the team, you realize like, yeah, these guys were pretty fun. You never knew what was going to become of it exactly, but they were fun.

Starting point is 00:27:28 Yeah, I mean, there was something fun about wondering where things can go as opposed to having the expectation of where it's supposed to. I was just saying, I mean, like those seasons weren't fun. Except I look, you and I did Lakers pre and post for 710 ESPN as well as covering the team for the athletic. I always said I found those kids fun to cover. I didn't like how the Lakers wouldn't just lean into developing them. Well, right. There was part of the reason. I didn't like the process involved with them, but I actually found them fun and intriguing.

Starting point is 00:28:05 It was just a lot of losing is a lot of losing is what. I was getting at. They lost a lot of, lot of games. It didn't bother me though. Yeah, I mean, there was always, too, the feeling and that certainly those players knew it as well, that, you know, they were only there as placeholders. And so

Starting point is 00:28:21 that had an impact, but it is, you know, look, I mean, these are all good players. I don't think, and none of them have developed into first team frontline, you know, lead a team type stars, but there were a lot of, you know,

Starting point is 00:28:38 two through seven on that team. It was a lot of good players that all had very solid NBA careers. I'm not saying the Lakers did anything wrong. I'm just saying like it's just different. It's just a different thing. No, it is. It's funny too, like because people say like, you know, if the Lakers had drafted Tatum instead of Lanzo,

Starting point is 00:29:04 like how that, how would that, that would, that would have changed the arc of the Lakers. Like, well, really would have changed the arc of the Pelicans because that's where, you know, Jason Tatum, I would have been part of the Anthony Davis deal.

Starting point is 00:29:18 Yeah. What I think would have happened is you may be to keep Josh Hart. You maybe get to keep Josh Hart. Maybe you get to keep some other guys. Like, I don't know what happens to the fight. Maybe you can treat like, because they basically renounced Randall,

Starting point is 00:29:34 if I'm remembering all this correctly, to make room for LeBron. Well, it was more to make, it was more to make room ultimately or Rondo. Rondo. Rondo salary, but there had been, there had been concerns about the fit with Randall and LeBron. And that whole season, Randall's last season with the Lakers, they treated him pretty badly. Like, they challenged him heading into that season. They challenged him to come into camp in the best shape of his life.

Starting point is 00:30:05 He did. He came in ripped. He had a great preseason, and they had just signed Brooke Lopez, and Randall and Lopez at the time felt like a just like a perfect pairing. And they began the season playing Randall off the bench in ways that made absolutely no sense other than it was predetermined that Randall was not part of the core. So they wanted to see other guys. They eventually started Randall because he was playing so well. They had no other choice. But it was very obvious, like nakedly obvious, that they had no interest.

Starting point is 00:30:36 and ran a long term. You and I actually interviewed Julius the following year. We did a long sit down with him for the athletic and we asked him, like, were you surprised in any way that this happened? He said, nope. Like it was pretty obvious. He talks about the numbers. No, he is definitely not. You talk about the numbers that season. He averaged 16 points a game, which is a function as much of the minutes as anything else. but 16 points, eight rebounds, two and a half assists. He shot 56% from the floor that year. So he was doing good work.

Starting point is 00:31:13 There wasn't anything wrong with that. I, like I said, like the Tatum thing, like do you get to hold on to Josh Hart? What Josh Hart, a player like that might have meant for the Lakers roster this year. And it's funny. Like I think when you talk about depth, again, it's not so much like, is your seventh player awesome? Is your fifth guy like capable of doing lots of stuff?

Starting point is 00:31:39 You know, you know, the Lakers had too many players who sort of were able to be taken out of the series, whether based on the fit, you know, you know, Jackson Hayes just not being quite up to the moment. In ways,

Starting point is 00:31:54 I think you had to really sort of, if they were just sort of crossing their fingers and hoping. But, you know, DFS was a non-factor. in most ways. And then you start getting into it. I'm not blaming the role guys here. Primarily, I think that, you know,

Starting point is 00:32:11 I've said this before, I'll say it again, the single player that underperformed most relevant expectations was Austin Reeves. It wasn't Rui. It wasn't Gabe Vincent. It wasn't Dorian Finney Smith. It was Austin Reeves.

Starting point is 00:32:23 And that made a huge difference. But then, for all the good that they did, Luca, he was sick. That didn't help, but bats had some bad fourth quarters. LeBron for all that he did, the numbers overall were really good. They needed more from him in the fourth course. Now, you need less if you have a guy like Josh Hart or in that first round like what McDaniels did,

Starting point is 00:32:43 what they got out of some of these other players, you know, Devinchenzo for a game here and there, whatever it is, you get away with more stuff. You have more margin for error. And this is six years ago. There's no way to plan on Josh Hart or Baby Laker X still being on this team. Right. It's more of a like there was a there was an attitude of sort of disposability around players that weren't stars that they need to, I think they're working on getting passed, but it was a real problem back then. And like a carelessness with asset management. Like, okay, guys not going to be part of your core.

Starting point is 00:33:25 You want to flip people so you can bring in LeBron James. okay, I think, you know, Anthony, you want to trade guys for Anthony Davis? These are reasonable propositions, but there's just a carelessness with their, with their asset management that they certainly can't afford to do now. Nope. All right, Lockdown Lakers didn't get to this LeBron question. LeBron, we'll get to it. Locktown Lakers brought on YouTube, watch it. I forget how I normally end this show, but we'll be back tomorrow and I'll try again.

Starting point is 00:33:56 See everyone tomorrow.

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