Wright "The Lakers want to keep Kentavious Caldwell-Pope on the books so if they trade for Anthony Davis, they have $30M in cap space this summer to offer up to Kyrie Irving or Kawhi Leonard or Klay Thompson."

Nick Wright This version of Luka means no one wants to play him He and his team are clutch and connected I'm not picking the Lakers to win the title but they are real contenders

McMenamin The Los Angeles Lakers could initiate a sign-and-trade that would help LeBron James return to Cleveland in exchange for Jarrett Allen This trade would allow James to make more than the midlevel exception 151M if he stayed with the Lakers

Mannix The Lakers believe they can succeed with a backcourt of Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves if they can get the right type of players in the front court They are looking to build a Dallas 20 type roster similar to what Luka had when he went to the NBA Finals

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Scotto Denver Nuggets forward Peyton Watson is having a breakout season and will be one of the top restricted free agents this summer After rebuffing trade interest the Nuggets want to re-sign him this summer

Brian Windhorst When LeBron doesnt play and Austin Reaves and Luka do the Lakers are a better team