Los Angeles Lakers Receive: C Jakob Poeltl, F Doug McDermott, G/F Josh Richardson

San Antonio Spurs Receive: G Russell Westbrook, 2026 First-Round Pick (Swap – LAL), 2027 First-Round Pick (LAL) 

If human beings invest in time travel, there will be countless uses for that technology. Some will be more beneficial than others. 

Of course, there will be dangers involved. Consider the butterfly effect. We could travel backward to stop a war – and start a worse one in the process. 

In any event, the stakes will be lower in some usages. For example, we’d love to travel five years back and show someone this proposal. 

In all likelihood, they wouldn’t believe their eyes. 

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Realistically, they’d assume the first-round picks were meant to go the Lakers’ way. Then, they’d assume we meant to add 2 or 3 more. They weren’t, and we didn’t – are the Lakers getting enough back here?