Getty Austin Reaves of the Los Angeles Lakers celebrates his basket. The Lakers don’t have many avenues to upgrade their roster around Luka Doncic and LeBron James, given their limited draft assets and lack of young stars. However, the one Laker who has a lot of trade value around the league is Austin Reaves , who enjoyed his career-best season in 2024-25, emerging as a legitimate candidate for Most Improved Player and an All-Star team. The one area where the Lakers need to improve is their