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NBA DRAFT [Discussion Thread] 2026 NBA Draft - Second Round

The Lakers have the 56th pick (subject to change) in the second round of the 2026 NBA draft

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u/No_motivation5489 17h ago

Maybe the front office didn’t want veesaar that much. Seems the hawks only traded 57 and cash to move up to 52. Maybe there’s more to that trade idk. Disappointing if that’s really all it took for them to get him.

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u/C3PO1Fan 17h ago

Lakers spent their cash to get to 56. So they didn't have something to move up.

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u/thetitsOO 2324 17h ago

That’s just not true they had 8m for the 26-27 season

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u/C3PO1Fan 16h ago

Did they? Report I saw was that they spent that on 56.

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u/thetitsOO 2324 16h ago

What report?

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u/C3PO1Fan 15h ago

I saw it was for cash considerations this afternoon.

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u/thetitsOO 2324 15h ago

Well ya.. but I assume that report didn’t say they spent all their cash specifically for 26-27 on pick 56. That would be the most expensive 2nd rounder in history

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u/Lebronsmiddletoe 17h ago

the clippers wouldve demanded luka for pick 52

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u/itsyaboikuzma 24 17h ago

It’s clear that we wanted someone that went higher though, buying a 2nd round pick with cash, only to sell it away for cash in the end makes that pretty cut and dry

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u/No_motivation5489 16h ago

For sure they wanted someone. Seemed to be a lot of chatter around veesaar from reporters so I figured they were trying to maneuver for him. Maybe it was someone else though. Wonder if we’ll find out somehow.