The Lakers sacrificed that flexibility for a player …

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It starts with Kessler, a player Dončić wanted at center most of all. The future first-rounders lost will certainly come back to sting the Lakers at some point. In addition to representing young, cost-controlled talent, those picks were also pathways out of unforeseen trouble — assets they can use to get off a bad contract or to upgrade a weakness. The Lakers sacrificed that flexibility for a player they believe fits “perfectly” alongside Dončić and Austin Reaves, a team source told The Athletic.

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