The Trail Blazers would likely want to make room to have more minutes for Donovan Clingan, who they recently selected early in the 2024 NBA Draft. For the Lakers, meanwhile, Ayton could have at least some tangible valuable as a player who has postseason experience and tremendous size on the inside.

Luka Dončić getting traded to the Los Angeles Lakers stunned the basketball world and it’s had an instant impact on his trading cards. But where does it go from here?

The NBA legend was as shocked to hear about the Doncic trade as everybody else, and floated an interesting theory.