{"id":34995,"date":"2026-06-23T03:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T03:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/nba-mock-draft-roundup-lakers-looking-for-athleticism\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T03:28:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T03:28:00","slug":"nba-mock-draft-roundup-lakers-looking-for-athleticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/nba-mock-draft-roundup-lakers-looking-for-athleticism\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Mock Draft Roundup: Lakers looking for athleticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">Evans\u2019 long-range shotmaking has kept first-round interest high, and he appears likely to come off the board in the 20s. He has nice size for a wing shooter, measuring 6-5\u00bd barefoot at the combine, and has a pathway to becoming a valuable role player if he can continue to flesh out his game, particularly on defense. Though he is more of a play finisher and spacer than a creator, his ability to hit shots off movement is rare and perpetually coveted by NBA teams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">This should be a best-available pick for the Lakers, who should be focused on the bigger picture of building around Luka Doncic but are also dealing with new contracts for LeBron James and Austin Reaves. Evans\u2019 shooting could be a useful addition and a strong fit for him playing off L.A.\u2018s stars.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evans\u2019 long-range shotmaking has kept first-round interest high, and he appears likely to come off the board in the 20s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_animmysite_disable_animation":false,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/platform.silverscreenandroll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2026\/06\/gettyimages-2254532354.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C14.560455138261%2C100%2C70.879089723477&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending-sports-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}