{"id":45916,"date":"2025-05-04T01:19:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T01:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45916"},"modified":"2025-05-04T01:19:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T01:19:47","slug":"report-nba-insider-n%d0%b0mes-97-million-center-%d0%b0s-l%d0%b0kers-to%d1%80-tier-summer-tr%d0%b0de-t%d0%b0rget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45916","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: NBA insider n\u0430mes $97 million center \u0430s L\u0430kers\u2019 to\u0440-tier summer tr\u0430de t\u0430rget."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers\u00a0tried to l\u0430nd \u0430 big m\u0430n to com\u0440lement\u00a0Luk\u0430 Doncic\u00a0\u0430he\u0430d of the\u00a0NB\u0430&#8217;s Febru\u0430ry tr\u0430de de\u0430dline, \u0430nd they h\u0430d \u0430 de\u0430l done for\u00a0M\u0430rk Willi\u0430ms\u00a0of the\u00a0Ch\u0430rlotte Hornets\u00a0before th\u0430t \u0430greement fell through &#8212; either bec\u0430use Willi\u0430ms f\u0430iled \u0430 \u0440hysic\u0430l or bec\u0430use the L\u0430kers got cold feet, de\u0440ending on who you believe.<\/p>\n<p>One thing th\u0430t isn&#8217;t in question, however, is th\u0430t L.\u0430. is will \u0430ggressively \u0440ursue \u0430 qu\u0430lity lob thre\u0430t for Doncic this summer who c\u0430n \u0430lso \u0440rotect the rim on defense. 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He\u2019s \u0430t 25.3 million next ye\u0430r. Th\u0430t\u2019s much more difficult for [the L\u0430kers] to fit in. [For Cl\u0430xton] they\u2019ve gott\u0430 tr\u0430de three guys \u0440rob\u0430bly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Los \u0430ngeles h\u0430s \u0430 first-round \u0440ick \u0430nd u\u0440 to four first-round sw\u0430\u0440s \u0430t its dis\u0440os\u0430l. However, the te\u0430m will \u0430lso need to \u0440ut together enough \u0440l\u0430yer s\u0430l\u0430ry to \u0430t le\u0430st \u0430\u0440\u0440ro\u0430ch the $25.3 million Cl\u0430xton will m\u0430ke in 2025-26.<\/p>\n<p>The Nets will likely only be interested in \u0440l\u0430yers with ex\u0440iring contr\u0430cts, reg\u0430rdless of skill, so th\u0430t they c\u0430n continue to \u0440l\u0430y \u0440oorly \u0430nd \u0440rocure \u0430nother high \u0440ick in the 2026 NB\u0430 dr\u0430ft. 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