New Delhi, July 2 -- The Lakers spent the day after LeBron James officially walked away doing what a front office does when standing still is not an option. They mortgaged the next seven drafts, and they did it fast enough that the ink on James's goodbye had barely dried before Rob Pelinka was on the phone with Utah.

Los Angeles is acquiring center Walker Kessler from the Utah Jazz in a sign-and-trade that will pay him four years and 130 million dollars, according to a report from ESPN, sending Utah unprotected first-round picks in 2031 and 2033 along with first-round swaps in 2028 and 2030. Kessler, a former first-round pick out of Auburn who has spent his entire career in Utah, averaged 14.4 points on 70.3 percent shooting, 10.8 reboun...