Nearly six years after the now infamous Steve Nash and Dwight Howard trades, the Los Angeles Lakers finally paid the price of trying to build a contender overnight Tuesday at the NBA draft lottery.
As part of the Nash sign-and-trade in 2012, the Lakers will convey the No. 10 overall pick to the Philadelphia 76ers, who acquired the Lakers’ pick from the Phoenix Suns in 2015. The Suns or 76ers could have conveyed the pick sooner than this year, but draft protections allowed the Lakers to keep their pick in each of the last four years.