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Los Angeles Lakers acquiring Walker Kessler in trade with the Utah Jazz 🚨 | First Take
Brian Windhorst, David Dennis Jr. and Vincent Goodwill join Courtney Cronin on First Take to react to breaking news that Mitchell Robinson has signed a 3-year/$47 million deal with the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers acquiring Walker Kessler in a trade with the Utah Jazz. ✔️ Subscribe to ESPN Unlimited: #ESPN #NBA
@zekescott3496
July 1, 2026 at 8:49 pm
Someone hose windy down
@shiv.patel1017
July 1, 2026 at 8:50 pm
Mark my words…laker fans will HATE kessler in about 6 months. He’s a solid player yes. But this is just gonna become another Ayton situation where he just underperforms due to minimal touches.
@obey2dmax
July 1, 2026 at 8:52 pm
This truly a retro Lakers. Welcome your Minneapolis Lakers.
@WHYemby-Oughta
July 1, 2026 at 9:12 pm
Lmao its going to be a hard to watch for the Lakers faithful!! Definitely won’t be winning anything 😂
@WHYemby-Oughta
July 1, 2026 at 9:14 pm
Lakers pdfile crime rate just tripled 😂
@Manu_0817
July 1, 2026 at 9:17 pm
Where’s them 🥷s at man???
@DiscoverPhilippines_
July 1, 2026 at 9:17 pm
Bringing in Luka, getting rid of LeDiva, and getting Kessler. My man Rob doing some work!
@joshuatan3353
July 1, 2026 at 9:20 pm
LA Adding another useless piece and dismantle again next season. Kessler 4yr 130million vs Mitchell Robinson 3yr 48million is wild 😅😅😅😅😅😅
@KingBatiatus
July 1, 2026 at 9:21 pm
2028 and 2030 swaps are NOT going to materialize. The Lakers will be ahead of the Jazz in the standings in BOTH years.
This is just two firsts. That’s it.
@brandoncarlocksr6122
July 1, 2026 at 9:23 pm
Watch them kill it next season and y’all going to be sick lol
@williammacdonald9271
July 1, 2026 at 9:24 pm
Stats on a terrible Utah team are meaningless, I hope this works, highly unlikely. Knicks losing Robinson? NY without Mitchell does not win a series
@lightsout6552
July 1, 2026 at 9:25 pm
Lebron should, have stayed for the vet minimum. Better chance now. But they should have kept smart.
@YuGiOhDuelChannel
July 1, 2026 at 9:30 pm
Laker picks just are not good picks, they are almost never high, 2033 possibly but the Lakers never are a rebuilding team…..so those picks are probably gonna amount to players that are not Kessler Walker
@RichRollinRonnie
July 1, 2026 at 9:31 pm
Race swapping the Lakers lol
@AJC-i7c
July 1, 2026 at 9:38 pm
I’d take Kessler and pay 32.5 a year than paying Hartenstein 25-28M/year just to get 5 pts/5-10 rebs with no real outside threat
@plpa8250
July 1, 2026 at 9:48 pm
Defense is gonna suck. Rob better start hiring from further end of the color palette cause prime Andrei Kirilenko ain’t walking through those doors. 😂
@classicdave6204
July 1, 2026 at 10:23 pm
2:03 I’m pretty sure I seen Queta hit one 3pt shot last year! Celtics gonna have Mitchell hitting 3’s at a 40% rate by Xmas 🤨
@dukeofcyprus
July 1, 2026 at 10:36 pm
Captain Slovenia The winter soldier’s 😂
@jimboslice303
July 1, 2026 at 10:38 pm
Fun fact, Lakers new owner, Mark Walter, has financial ties to private ICE detainment centers
@sabalivibes2293
July 1, 2026 at 10:59 pm
❄️Time Lakers 🥶
@billricheter5678
July 1, 2026 at 11:03 pm
Horrible moves by Lakers.
@Posidevv
July 1, 2026 at 11:11 pm
11 pts per game. Now if he can secure the boards and defend, maybe they’ll be cool.
@scrap7768
July 1, 2026 at 11:13 pm
The Los Anglo Saxon Lakers…
@AlexK-g2k
July 1, 2026 at 11:25 pm
LAKERS LOOKSMAXXING 😆😆😆
@allworldzeus5935
July 1, 2026 at 11:31 pm
Operation White Boy and Bronny is their waterboy