6'8" 265 🤯No. 1 scorer in college basketball last szn sniper 🎯 Welcome to the Lakers Eric Dixon #Lakeshow pic.twitter.com/y9ywUrKPLI— † (@HoodiHachimura) June 27, 2025

I mean…there are like 12 free agents centers out there. Moe Wagner just got waived (non-guaranteed deal), Capella, Hayes, Precious, and many others. No need for a trade, especially if it takes a draft pick. I’d do swaps.

Young, long, and athletic…I’ll never complain about that. I’ll take that over the 9th center picked who might not even be able to contribute for a coupla years…might as well just stick with Jax in that case.

these clips are insane. lmao. pic.twitter.com/x44VTy107E— Darius Soriano (@forumbluegold) June 27, 2025

The Lakers are thrilled right now. Thiero was among their reach targets from the beginning, but they never thought there was a chance. He’ll contribute in spurts early with his defense, and gradually earn more minutes as the jumper develops. Rob Pelinka gets his guy in Round 2.— The Amateur NBA Analyst (@droppingdimes98) June 27, 2025

John Calipari praised ThieroH/T @greenlightbball https://t.co/zmhRSOxYCd pic.twitter.com/xAdYdzZGTk— Washed LakersvsHaters (@notlakersgm) June 27, 2025

Adou Thiero’s pro comparison is Derrick Jones Jr and his ceiling is Jaden McDaniels per @fanspo pic.twitter.com/WToyjuorZo— LakersMuse (@LALMuse) June 27, 2025

With the 36th pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, the Los Angeles Lakers select Adou ThieroDraft Grade: A++++++++++++++++++++++Ranked 11th on my final big board, Adou Thiero is the biggest steal of the draft. An elite gap defender bet with extremely functional athletic tools.STEAL— Utility Sports (@_utilitysports) June 27, 2025

Interesting and falls in line with the “take the best player available” mentality.

I’m sure they do not think he will be available at 45 Tom. Give them a little credit. One article I read had this trade as the first step. They had to start moving up I am sure they are now trying to see if they can move up again using the 45th. If they can’t they will get a better player at 45 then 55.

The Trailblazer would not do that deal. They are not going to give up possibly their best young player to dump a expiring contract. Plus 3 more front court guys, when they already have a ton?

The Hawks kid would be perfect. But with Porzingas and his injury history, would they risk trading him? Perhaps if they had a solid back up center lined up. They could resign Capella, to slightly above market value. One thing the Hawks need is 3 point shooting. They currently have none so Dalton could be appealing.

The Los Angeles Lakers sending out cash to move up in tonight's second round means they will be hard-capped at the second apron for next season.— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) June 26, 2025

But they are interested in a #45 pick.Now the question is, who is the BPA remaining?Centers in relative order:RaynaudKalkbrenner Zikarsky?Goldin?Lahkin?But yeah I still like Thiero, Fleming (hypothetical small ball 5…), Watkins, etc. https://t.co/jE90zR9Vu8— Mike Garcia (@CanyonDriver) June 26, 2025