How the DeMarcus Cousins Sweepstakes Impacts the Lakers’ Draft Plan



The Los Angeles Lakers looked like they would use their No. 2 draft pick to add and develop a potential future franchise player, that is, until DeMarcus Cousins became the object of trade talk. Following reports from Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski that George Karl is pushing for the Kings to trade Cousins, the Lakers could potentially become one of the teams putting in offers for Boogie. 

What would it take for the Lakers to land Cousins if he gets on the block? How could this affect the Lakers plan on draft night?

Bleacher Report's senior NBA writer Kevin Ding joins Stephen Nelson to break down the Lakers options if they wanted to trade for Boogie in the video above. 

 

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