The Los Angeles Lakers were very busy at the trade deadline in the 2022-23 season, acquiring Rui Hachimura, D’Angelo Russell, Mo Bamba, Jarred Vanderbilt and Malik Beasley.
All of those moves helped the Lakers reach the Western Conference Finals in the 2022-23 season, but it also cost the team some future draft capital.
With the team still on the hook for one more pick to the New Orleans Pelicans from the Anthony Davis trade, the Lakers don’t have all of their picks over the next several years. However, they still have a good amount, which should help them continue to build the roster around Davis and LeBron James, who is under contract through the 2023-24 season and has a player option for the 2024-25 season.
The remaining pick owed for Davis would convey in the 2024 NBA Draft, unless the Pelicans decide to defer it to the following season. Los Angeles traded Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart and three first-round picks for Davis.
While the Davis trade is the biggest move that the Lakers have made, they still owe multiple second round picks to the Washington Wizards from the Hachimura deal. Los Angeles moved the Chicago Bulls 2023 second-round pick as well as its own second-round selections in 2028 and 2029 for Hachimura.
Los Angeles also sacrificed a major asset in a protected 2027 first-round pick in the deal that brought Russell, Vanderbilt and Beasley to Los Angeles.
While that has hurt the Lakers’ future trade assets a bit, the team still owns two picks in the upcoming 2023 NBA Draft and at least one pick in each draft until 2030.
Let’s examine the Lakers’ future draft picks:
– First round: Own (No. 17)
– Second round: Own (No. 47)
– First round: To New Orleans Pelicans unless Pelicans defer and instead receive Lakers’ 2025 first-round pick
– Second round: Los Angeles Clippers pick; Pick owed to San Antonio Spurs (via Memphis Grizzlies)
– First round: To New Orleans if Pelicans defer 2024 first-round pick, otherwise Lakers own pick
– Second round: Own; Clippers pick
– First round: Own
– Second round: Pick owed to Cleveland Cavaliers
– First round: Protected 1-4, 5-30 owed to Utah Jazz
– Second round: To Jazz only if Lakers don’t convey first-round pick to Utah in 2027
– First round: Own
– Second round: More favorable of Lakers and Washington Wizards second-round pick to Orlando Magic, then other second-round pick to Wizards
– First round: Own
– Second round: Own pick owed to Wizards
– First round: Own
– Second round: Own
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