After having to buy their way into the draft in 2025, the Lakers own a first round pick in the upcoming 2026 NBA draft, giving them a chance to add a young talent at the start of the summer before an important offseason.
As a result of losing out on a coin flip, the Lakers will have the No. 25 pick in the first round. It’s been a spot in the draft that has been really hit and miss in recent seasons. Quentin Grimes (2021) and Immanuel Quickly (2020) are the most recent hits at that selection. The Lakers used
the 25th pick to select Moe Wagner in 2018.
In a time in the NBA where young, cost-controlled players are at a high premium, the Lakers nailing this pick would be huge.
Predictably, they’re going to work out a whole host of prospects. While they have done so in the past, the team no longer announces the workouts, meaning finding out who the team brought in usually comes only after the prospects reveal it themselves.
With that in mind, we’ll keep this updated with the prospects the team has been linked with. As a note, HoopsHype does have a tracker of draft workouts, but do not include sources. We’ll do our best to include the source of the information on the workout.
- Sam Alexis, Indiana — Workout
- Drake Allen, Utah St. — Workout
- Duke Brennan, Villanova — Workout
- Rafael Castro, George Washington — Workout
- Zuby Ejiofor, St. John’s — Workout
- Jaden Henley, Grand Canyon — Workout
- Alex Karaban, UConn — Workout
- Keba Keita, BYU — Workout
- Baba Miller, Cincinnati — Workout
- Mike Sharavjamts, South Carolina — Workout
- Peter Suder, Miami — Workout
- Marquel Sutton, LSU — Workout
- Mohamed Wague, Oklahoma — Workout
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