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The Los Angeles Lakers kicked off what will likely be a summer of major moves on Wednesday with ownership selling a majority stake in the historic franchise to Los Angeles Dodgers owner Mark Walter.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles did so based on a valuation of the team at $10 billion, which means an enormous payday for the Buss family, even despite the fact that Jeanie Buss will continue on as governor of the franchise for multiple years moving forward \u2014 indicating that the Busses retained at least a 15% stake in the team.<\/p>\n

Not only does that payday leave the Buss family flush with cash, the new majority owner is well known as the biggest spender in MLB, as the Dodgers boast a total payroll of $338.5 million in 2025.<\/p>\n

The NBA\u2019s new collective bargaining agreement carries stiff penalties for going into the luxury tax, crossing into the first apron of the salary cap and then surpassing the second apron threshold.<\/p>\n

That said, the influx of sheer financial power into one of the league\u2019s top franchises should clear a pathway toward an aggressive rebuild around newly-acquired superstar Luka Doncic.<\/p>\n

How the Lakers will decide to go about that rebuild is, as of yet, unclear. But the scope of possibilities just got considerably wider.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Wednesday, June 18, before Shams Charania broke news of the sale, his ESPN colleague Zach Kram authored a four-team trade proposal centered around\u00a0Milwuakee Bucks\u00a0star center\u00a0Giannis Antetokounmpo\u00a0that would see the Lakers acquire\u00a0Draymond Green\u00a0from the\u00a0Golden State Warriors\u00a0and part ways with\u00a0Austin Reaves in the process.<\/p>\n

Bucks Could Reshape West by Dealing Antetokounmpo in 4-Team Deal That Includes Lakers, Warriors<\/h2>\n
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Getty<\/span>Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Kram laid out the complicated details of the hypothetical trade \u2014 which includes the Lakers, Warriors, Bucks and\u00a0Dallas Mavericks \u2014 as follows:<\/p>\n

Los Angeles would land Green and Mavericks center\u00a0Daniel Gafford. That would fulfill the team\u2019s need for a lob threat and a rim protector to pair with Doncic, while also making the defense far superior via the addition of Green, a former Defensive Player of the Year.<\/p>\n

The Lakers would send out Reaves,\u00a0Maxi Kleber\u00a0and a 2030 first-round pick swap to the Bucks. They would also ship\u00a0Gabe Vincent\u00a0and a 2031 first-round pick to the Mavericks, who would land a second-rounder from the Dubs.<\/p>\n

Golden State would send out two first-round picks, a second-rounder,\u00a0Brandin Podziemski,\u00a0Trayce Jackson-Davis\u00a0and\u00a0Jonathan Kuminga\u00a0via a sign-and-trade, ending up with Antetokounmpo in return while holding onto\u00a0Stephen Curry\u00a0and\u00a0Jimmy Butler.<\/p>\n

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The Bucks would get Podziemski, Jackson-Davis, Kuminga, Reaves and Kleber along with three total first-round picks between 2029-31.<\/p>\n

Lakers Can Maximize LeBron James\u2019 Twilight Year(s), Get Maximum Return for Austin Reaves in Trade<\/h2>\n
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Getty<\/span>Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The deal isn\u2019t perfect for Los Angeles, as the Lakers would need to find a secondary ball-handler and tertiary scorer\/offensive creator elsewhere \u2014 roles that Reaves played last season behind Doncic and\u00a0LeBron James, who will turn 41 years in December.<\/p>\n

But L.A. would solve its size and defensive concerns, secure Doncic the type of player in Gafford who is at the top of his wishlist and keep two perennial All-NBA selections in James and Doncic in-house.<\/p>\n

The Lakers could easily lose Reaves next summer anyway if he declines the roughly $90 million extension Los Angeles can offer him this offseason, plays out the third year of his current four-year,\u00a0$54 million deal and then opts out of the final campaign on the contract and enters free agency in summer 2026.<\/p>\n

As such, dealing Reaves now while his value is high could make the most sense for L.A. and still provide them a win-now path for the twilight of James\u2019 career.<\/p>\n

A primary Western Conference foe in Golden State would get better on the top end by acquiring a two-time MVP in Antetokounmpo to pair with another two-time MVP in Curry, but would lose considerable depth and get older in the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Warriors would sacrifice depth to construct a star-studded big three of Curry, Antetokounmpo and Butler,\u201d\u00a0Kram wrote. \u201cThe Lakers would balance their roster by turning Reaves into Green \u2014 who has been involved in Lakers rumors in the past \u2014 and Gafford, improving their defense and adding a rim-running center who\u2019s a proven fit with Luka Doncic.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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