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Daniel Gafford, Cam Johnson among players Lakers should consider trading for

Nypost · · 842 words · By Khobi Price
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What to know about Daniel Gafford, Cam Johnson among players Lakers should consider trading for

The NBA Finals matchup between the Spurs and Knicks may be the main focus for collective NBA observers.

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What happened

The NBA Finals matchup between the Spurs and Knicks may be the main focus for collective NBA observers.

Why it matters

But in the background, teams throughout the league are working toward improving for the 2026-27 season.

Common ground

Predraft workouts have been taking place for nearly a month ahead of the NBA draft in two weeks — which typically sparks league-wide player movement.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/06/09/sports/former-luka-doncic-teammate-among-lakers-po…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 22 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “averaging at least 24 minutes for a season just once in his career”
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Claim 2: “Johnson shot a career-high 43% on 3-pointers in his first season with the Nuggets after shooting 39.2% from beyond the arc in the first six seasons of his career.”
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Claim 3: “Aaron Wiggins, Thunder, forward, 27”
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Claim 4: “2025-26 stats: 9.5 PPG, 6.9 RPG, 1.3 BPG, 1.1 APG, 21.7 MPG”
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The specific 2025-26 stats (9.5 PPG, 6.9 RPG, etc.) are only found in one specific web search result snippet. No other independent source confirms these exact figures.
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web search NEUTRAL — Главная - Сервисы - Калькулятор перевода MPG в литры на 100 км.Переводит расход топлива из миль на галлон (US MPG) в литры на 100 километров (л/100 км).
https://calc-raschet.ru/services/mile-per-gallon-to-liter-pe…
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web search NEUTRAL — Daniel Gafford, having already player with Luka Doncic in Dallas, would be an ideal fit for the Lakers. NBAE via Getty Images. Daniel Gafford, Mavericks, center, 27. 2025-26 stats: 9.5 PPG, 6.9 RPG, 1…
https://nypost.com/2026/06/09/sports/former-luka-doncic-team…
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web search NEUTRAL — Build the perfect 82–0 NBA season. Spin for a franchise and era, draft a legend into every position and chase a flawless 82-game season.2025-26 Champions. New York Knicks.
https://nba82-0.com/
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Claim 5: “Daniel Gafford, Mavericks, center, 27”
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Wikipedia confirms Daniel Gafford is a professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks and was born October 1, 1998, making him 26/27 depending on the current date in 2025/26.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023–24 Dallas Mavericks season was the 44th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This was also the final season in which Mark Cuban was the sole owner of the Mav…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023–24_Dallas_Mavericks_seaso…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Daniel Gafford (born October 1, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Arkansas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Gafford
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 Dallas Mavericks season was the 46th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). After winning the draft lottery, the Mavericks drafted Cooper Flagg first overal…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_Dallas_Mavericks_seaso…
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Claim 6: “multiple young players on rookie scale deals (Nikola Topic and Thomas Sorber)”
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Claim 7: “the Magic acquired Desmond Bane from the Grizzlies in mid-June 2025”
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The trade of Desmond Bane from the Grizzlies to the Magic in mid-June 2025 is confirmed by multiple web search results and Wikipedia entries for the 2025-26 Orlando Magic season.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 Orlando Magic season was the 37th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team fully adopted its new identity this season, officially retiring the look t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_Orlando_Magic_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026–27 Orlando Magic season will be the 38th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). On May 4, 2026, the Magic fired head coach Jamahl Mosley after five seasons wit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026–27_Orlando_Magic_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Desmond Michael Bane (born June 25, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the TCU Hor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Bane
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Claim 8: “Contract: Three years, $25.4 million. 2026-27: $9 million; 2027-28: $8.2 million; 2028-29: team option for $8.2 million”
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Claim 9: “The start of free agency is just three weeks away.”
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Multiple sources confirm NBA free agency started on June 30, 2026. Given the context of the other claims (mid-June), the timeline of 'three weeks away' is corroborated by the reported start date of June 30.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 10, 2026 ... Before free agency started on June 30, 29 players including Duren, Watson, Walker Kessler, Tari Eason and Bennedict Mathurin were tendered a one ...
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/49315328/2026-nba-offsea…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 1, 2026 ... 2026 NBA free agency is off to a very strange start including LeBron James, Walker Kessler, Norm Powell, John Collins, and more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT4_fPml1PY
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 29, 2026 ... The two biggest names who are unrestricted free agents will be familiar - LeBron James, and James Harden. Most people think that the Cavs will ...
https://www.thedreamshake.com/rockets-analysis/40657/nba-fre…
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Claim 10: “Contract: Three years, $54.4 million. 2026-27: $17.3 million; 2027-28: $18.1 million; 2028-29: $18.9 million”
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The specific contract details ($54.4 million and the yearly breakdown) appear only in the same single web search result as the stats in claim 7. No other sources corroborate these figures.
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web search NEUTRAL — While the best known Daniel is the hero of the Book of Daniel who interprets dreams and receives apocalyptic visions, the Bible also briefly mentions three other individuals of this name:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_(biblical_figure)
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web search NEUTRAL — The Book of Daniel is a biblical apocalypse set in the 6th century BC and considered to have been written in the 2nd century BC. It is ostensibly a narrative detailing the experiences and prophetic vi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Daniel
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web search NEUTRAL — Daniel’s Training in Babylon 1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of J…
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel+1&versio…
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Claim 11: “restricted free agent and former UCLA star forward Peyton Watson”
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Claim 12: “the primary big men Doncic played alongside in Dallas during the Mavericks’ run to the 2024 NBA Finals”
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Luka Doncic's presence on the Dallas Mavericks during their 2024 NBA Finals run is a matter of public record and supported by general knowledge of the 2023-24 season mentioned in the Mavericks' Wikipedia entry.
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web search NEUTRAL — Checkout the latest stats of Luka Dončić. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, shoots, school and more on Basketball-Reference.com
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/doncilu01.htm…
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web search NEUTRAL — He is a Rookie of the Year, 6-time NBA All-Star, 6-time All-NBA First Team member and a 2-time NBA Scoring Champion. He also represents the Slovenian national team. Nicknamed “ Luka Magic,” [2] he is …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luka_Dončić
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web search NEUTRAL — The Luka Dončić–Anthony Davis trade was a National Basketball Association (NBA) trade made on the night of February 1–2, 2025, which saw Luka Dončić traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luka_Dončić–Anthony_Davis_trad…
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Claim 13: “Cam Johnson, Nuggets, forward, 30”
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Claim 14: “Wiggins has shot 38% on 3-pointers through five seasons, including 37.1% over the last two seasons on good volume (4.3 attempts per game)”
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Claim 15: “the Lakers’ goal of building a more ideal roster around superstar Luka Doncic”
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Multiple Nypost reports explicitly refer to Luka Doncic as a Lakers star and the team's goal of building the roster around him for the 2026-27 season. This is further supported by a Wikipedia entry describing a trade on February 1-2, 2025, moving Doncic to the Lakers.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Luka Dončić ( LOO-kə DON-chitch; Slovene: [ˈlùːka ˈdòːntʃitʃ]; born February 28, 1999) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luka_Dončić
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 NBA season was the 80th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 21, 2025 and ended on April 12, 2026. The third edition of the in-season NB…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_NBA_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 79th season of the franchise, its 78th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), its 66th season in Los Angeles, and its 27th season playing ho…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_Los_Angeles_Lakers_sea…
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Claim 16: “Predraft workouts have been taking place for nearly a month ahead of the NBA draft in two weeks”
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Multiple web search results from June 2026 discuss predraft workouts (e.g., Golden State Warriors workout on June 11) and the upcoming NBA draft on June 23, 2026, which aligns with the 'nearly a month' and 'two weeks' timeline.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 23, 2026 ... We have an updated 60-pick mock draft with new intel ahead of Round 1 of the 2026 NBA draft (Tuesday, 8 p.m. ET on ESPN/ABC).
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/49041464/2026-nba-mock-d…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 11, 2026 ... 2026 NBA Draft prospects Yaxel Lendeborg, Felix Okpara and Kylan Boswell speak to reporters after their Golden State Warriors workout on ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zog6TbvolTI
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web search NEUTRAL — Pre-Draft Workouts ... Once teams know where their draft picks land, they can start working out prospects who 1) will likely fall in their range, or 2) they ...
https://www.nba.com/suns/events-and-dates-know-leading-nba-d…
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Claim 17: “2025-26 stats: 12.2 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 2.4 APG, 30.5 MPG”
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Claim 18: “The NBA Finals matchup between the Spurs and Knicks”
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Wikipedia explicitly confirms that the 1999 NBA Finals featured the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1999 NBA Finals was the championship round of the shortened 1998–99 NBA season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs took on the Eastern C…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_NBA_Finals
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2013 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2012–13 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs, played from June 6 to 20, 2013. In this best-of-s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_NBA_Finals
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2025–26 season and conclusion to the season's playoffs. The best-of-seven series ended when the Eastern C…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NBA_Finals
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Claim 19: “two first-round picks in the draft (Nos. 12 and 17)”
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Claim 20: “It’s been nearly four years since the Lakers made a trade during the offseason: When they acquired Patrick Beverley from the Jazz for Talen Horton-Tucker and Stanley Johnson in August 2022.”
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Three independent web sources (NBA.com, ESPN, and another news source) confirm the Lakers acquired Patrick Beverley from the Jazz for Talen Horton-Tucker and Stanley Johnson in August 2022.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023–24 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 77th season of the franchise, its 76th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), its 64th season in Los Angeles, and its 25th season playing ho…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023–24_Los_Angeles_Lakers_sea…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024–25 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 78th season of the franchise, its 77th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), its 65th season in Los Angeles, and its 26th season playing ho…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024–25_Los_Angeles_Lakers_sea…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 79th season of the franchise, its 78th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), its 66th season in Los Angeles, and its 27th season playing ho…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_Los_Angeles_Lakers_sea…
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Claim 21: “Contract: One year, $23.1 million. 2026-27: $23.1 million.”
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Claim 22: “2025-26 stats: 9.4 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 21.8 MPG”
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