Los Angeles Lakers

What draft picks do the Los Angeles Lakers have?

The Lakers control 5 first-round and 0 second-round picks through the 2032 draft.
First-round picks
5
Second-round picks
0
Next first
2026 1st (own)
Own picks owed out
9

Through the 2032 draft the Lakers control 5 first-round picks and 0 second-round picks. Their firsts land in 2026, 2028, 2030, 2031, and 2032. 9 of their own picks are owed elsewhere.

In 2026 the Lakers pick once: their own first; they also owe out their own second to GSW (The Lakers' own second conveyed to Golden State at pick 54, routed via Toronto, Miami, and Cleveland. From the February 2026 Trayce Jackson-Davis trade.).

In 2027 the Lakers owe out their own first to MEM (Top-4 protected first traded to UTA in the February 2023 Westbrook deal, then to Memphis in the February 2026 Jaren Jackson Jr. trade; if it lands 1-4 LAL sends a 2027 second to UTA instead.) and their own second to BKN (Owed to Brooklyn, unprotected. The non-conveyance package the Lakers owe if the 2027 first stays top-4 protected runs to Memphis, not Utah.).

In 2028 the Lakers pick once: their own first; they also owe out their own second to ORL (Owed to Orlando or Washington; Orlando is credited with the more favorable of the LAL and WAS 2028 seconds.).

In 2029 the Lakers owe out their own first to DAL (Traded to Dallas, unprotected, in the February 2025 Luka Doncic for Anthony Davis trade.) and their own second to WAS (Owed to Washington, unprotected.).

In 2030 the Lakers pick once: their own first; they also owe out their own second to BKN (Owed to Brooklyn, unprotected.).

In 2031 the Lakers pick once: their own first; they also owe out their own second to BKN (Owed to Brooklyn, unprotected.).

In 2032 the Lakers pick once: their own first; they also owe out their own second to ATL (Owed to Atlanta as Kennard trade compensation.).

The rule behind this

An unsigned first-round pick charges the team's cap at 120% of his draft slot's rookie-scale salary (because first-rounders may sign for up to 120% of scale, and almost all do).

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Numbers come straight from the live Lakers cap sheet, recomputed whenever the data updates.