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Lakers look for a steal at No. 25
Los Angeles Times
|June 23, 2026
They enter the draft likely seeking big man who’s lob threat or an athletic wing player.
KEVIN C. Cox Getty Images JAYDEN QUAINTANCE of Kentucky is a big man the Lakers could be looking at in the first round. He's mobile, athletic and young-he turns 19 next month.
The Lakers will seek to use their 25th pick in Tuesday’s first round of the NBA draft on a player who fills a need on a roster that could have up to nine free agents this summer.
Yet the Lakers also are aware that picking that late in the round could leave them selecting the best player available.
They probably will be in search of a center who can be a lob threat or an athletic wing who can play defense and knock down three-pointers, two positions the Lakers crave as they try to build a team around star Luka Doncic that fits best with his style of play.
Names that NBA executives and mock drafts attached to the Lakers are Kentucky center Jayden Quaintance, Texas forward Dailyn Swain and Duke wing Isaiah Evans.
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