3 for 1! The Lakers' new center is basically locked in him! The Lakers have announced the reboot of their 2023 jerseys

Today, according to jersey media Basketball Jersey Archive, the Lakers will reactivate the 2023-24 City Edition jersey for the upcoming 2025-26 season.

It's a small piece of good news, after all, this past season, the Lakers wore the 2024-25 City Edition jersey and performed poorly, finishing the regular season with a 1-9 record. On February 25, the Lakers officially announced that they would abandon the jersey. You see, Americans also talk about metaphysics.

Today, according to the Mavericks media outlet All Things Mavs, league sources revealed that free agent Reddish is expected to participate in the Mavericks' free agent mini-camp next week.

In the 2024-25 season, Reddish played in 33 games for the Lakers, averaging 3.2 points, 2 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. On March 28, the Lakers cut Goodwin in order to get him right.

Today, NBA reporter Jake Fischer offered a set of trade ideas:
The Lakers get Claxton and the Nets 2027 first-round picks
Nets get Hachimura, Knecht, Kleber, Lakers 2031 first-round pick (top-8 pick protected)

For the Lakers, it's a 3-for-1 deal. See, many of the recent trade rumors and speculations about the Lakers are about Nets center Claxton. According to previous reports, the Lakers have made contact with Claxton.

Claxton is 26 years old, has three years left on his contract, decreasing year by year, and a salary of $26.14 million next season. This past season, he averaged 10.3 points, 7.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 0.9 steals and 1.4 blocks in 26.9 minutes per game while shooting 56.3% from the field. The ability to protect the frame and the defensive ability are quite online, which can perfectly fit the Lakers' system.

However, it will be difficult for the Lakers to make a trade. Journalist Jake Fischer said: "League executives believe the Lakers received a 'gift' after acquiring Doncic from Dallas. Notably, this league-wide sentiment is expected to make it more difficult for the Lakers to negotiate with other teams. If the Lakers are involved in trade talks, they may have to pay exorbitant prices to get certain interested players on the market. ”

Maybe other teams can't see the Lakers' good, and after seeing that the Lakers have two superstars, James Doncic, they don't want them to quickly become a championship team through recruitment, so that they lose their competitiveness. So, the Lakers are either trading with a team that's in the midst of a rebuild, or they're trading with an Eastern Conference team that doesn't compete directly. Unless, the Lakers' chips really impress each other.

Los Angeles Times reporter Dan Woike has said that the Lakers have made it clear that they will not trade Reaves unless they can trade for a top-tier interior player. However, there are no such players available on the market. The two most frequently mentioned players are Claxton and Gafford Ward.

Reaves' most likely outcome is not to renew his contract this summer and to refuse to exercise his player option for the 2026-27 season next year, making him a very attractive free agent in 2026. But he's going to be a full free agent, not a restricted free agent — because he's not a first-round pick, the Lakers don't have matching rights to him.

There will be five or six teams with a lot of salary space next year, and Reaves could be a good fit to enter the free agency market at that time. Reaves can sign an early contract extension this offseason, but the contract is up to four years and $89.2 million, and he will qualify for a bigger contract in free agency next year.