ESPN's Kevin Pelton appeared on the Friday, May 2 edition of the "Brian Windhorst & the Hoop Collective" podcast and mentioned Claxton as one of the Lakers' high-end options given his contract, which is four years for $97 million total and runs through the 2027-28 campaign.

The Lakers obviously need to make some changes this offseason and an Austin Reaves trade is probably the best way to upgrade the roster.

The first NBA playoff trip taken by the Los Angeles Lakers' new superstar tandem of LeBron James and Luka Dončić was a dud. It's not that their first-round loss to the sixth-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves was super surprising—Minnesota had a much better net rating this season—it's that the series loss exposed some of the bigger issues with the rest of the roster.